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Quinn to Lisa Madigan: Appeal conceal carry gun ruling to U.S. Supreme Court
Clout StreetSPRINGFIELD --- Gov. Pat Quinn today called on Atty. Gen. Lisa Madigan to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court a court order that requires Illinois to approve legislation this spring that would let citizens carry guns in public. The governor's move ramps up...Tags: Laws, Government, Firearms, Justice System, Lisa Madigan
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Obama issue group joins gay marriage push in Illinois
Clout StreetOrganizing for Action, the offshoot of President Barack Obama’s successful re-election campaign, is joining the push for same-sex marriage in Obama’s home state, the group announced Tuesday. Though the organization had been created to assist...Tags: Minority Groups, Parties and Movements, Marriage, Family, Social Issues
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Illinois House approves doctor licensing fee hike
Clout StreetDoctors will be asked to pay more in fees under a bill House lawmakers sent to Gov. Pat Quinn on Thursday, with the money earmarked to speed up the licensing process and strengthen efforts to discipline bad physicians. The governor has vowed to sign the...Tags: Government, Justice System, HIV, Arlington Heights, Illinois Governor
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Covering power in Illinois
The legislative and political season looms -- and so do the figures who hold sway in those arenas. Trib Nation talked with political reporter Rick Pearson about the cast of politicians assembled in Illinois' on-going political drama... Q: What makes...
Tags: Government, Kirk W Dillard, Richard M. Daley, Lisa Madigan, Bill Brady
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Red light camera firm admits it likely bribed Chicago official
Chicago's embattled red light camera firm went to City Hall on Friday in its latest effort to come clean, acknowledging for the first time that its entire program here was likely built on a $2 million bribery scheme. By its sheer size, the alleged plot...
Tags: Government, Justice System, Chicago Mayor, Bribery, Austin (Chicago, Illinois)
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Quinn budget preview: cuts, but no new taxes
Clout StreetGov. Pat Quinn on Monday warned he will unveil a “hard and difficult” spending plan during his Wednesday budget address, saying cuts will have to be made because of state leaders’ inability to reduce the costs of government worker...Tags: Government, Employees, Regional Authority, Illinois Governor, John J Cullerton
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Illinois Supreme Court picks justice's law clerk to be Cook County judge
When the Illinois Supreme Court acted to fill a vacancy on the Cook County bench this year, it looked no further than the chambers of one of its own — Justice Charles Freeman. There the high court found law clerk Jean Cocozza. Cocozza got her...
Tags: Laws, Parties and Movements, Cook County Government, Justice System, Lisa Madigan
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Gay marriage in Illinois? Not this year, evidently...
Change of SubjectRay Long reports from Springfield: Speaker Madigan says gay marriage bill 12 votes shy in the Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan today said a gay marriage bill is "12 votes short of passage" in the Illinois House, a signal that...... -
Quinn blames lawmakers for inaction on pension reform
Clout StreetSPRINGFIELD — Gov. Pat Quinn chastised lawmakers for failing to pass cost-cutting changes to the government worker retirement system, then dangled the possibility that he'd drop his long-running opposition to a major gambling expansion to get a...Tags: Christine Radogno, Government, Parties and Movements, Employees, Dawn Clark Netsch
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Rutherford edges toward Republican governor run
Clout StreetIllinois Treasurer Dan Rutherford said Monday a decision on whether to run for the 2014 Republican nomination for governor is more a matter of when than if. Speaking to reporters after appearing at the City Club of Chicago, the first-term treasurer said...Tags: Government, Kirk W Dillard, Medical Procedures and Tests, Bill Brady, Regional Authority
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Assault weapons ban debate starts in Springfield
Clout StreetSPRINGFIELD --- Illinois lawmakers today opened a heated debate on whether an assault weapons ban should be approved, a discussion that featured an early clash between a sheriff's association that opposes the measure and the Chicago police and the Quinn...Tags: Edward J. Acevedo, Firearms, Springfield, Justice System, Garry McCarthy
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New pension reform plan surfaces in Springfield
Clout StreetSPRINGFIELD — The top House Republican and a key House Democrat unveiled a pension proposal today that would require state workers, teachers and others under state retirement plans to work longer, chip in more from their paychecks and scales back...Tags: Government, Employees, Labor Legislation, Teachers, Retirement
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