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Capitol Fax.com - Your Illinois News Radar » State is still facing big budget problems
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SUBSCRIBE to Capitol Fax. To subscribe to Capitol Fax, click here. State is still facing big budget problems. Friday, Mar 4, 2011. As I told subscribers this morning. There’s just no good budgetary news today. Newly fiscally conservative Democrats in the Illinois House unveiled numbers Thursday they say will limit state spending. Lawmakers said they will base the next state budget on $33.2 billion in state revenue. […]. The governor’s spending plan comes with a price tag of more than $35 billion. The Sen...
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Capitol Fax.com - Your Illinois News Radar » *** UPDATED x2 *** Denny Hastert oddities and ends
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SUBSCRIBE to Capitol Fax. To subscribe to Capitol Fax, click here. UPDATED x2 * * Denny Hastert oddities and ends. Friday, May 29, 2015. UPDATE 1 * *. From the LA Times. Indicted former House Speaker Dennis Hastert was paying an individual from his past to conceal sexual misconduct, two federal law enforcement officials said Friday. UPDATE 2 * *. J Dennis Hastert, the former speaker of the House of Representatives, was paying a man to not say publicly that Mr. Hastert had sexually abused him decades ...
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Capitol Fax.com - Your Illinois News Radar » Budget addresses have consequences
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SUBSCRIBE to Capitol Fax. To subscribe to Capitol Fax, click here. Budget addresses have consequences. Friday, Feb 20, 2015. To downplay the significance of the governor’s proposed budget cuts, the reality is that’s it’s February 20th - meaning the only budget plan we have right now is the governor’s. And since that’s the case, the media will naturally gauge the impact of what the governor wants to do. The likely outcome, according to several mayors, is the reduction of public safety personnel. [Spri...
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Capitol Fax.com - Your Illinois News Radar » *** LIVE *** State Fair Governor’s Day coverage
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SUBSCRIBE to Capitol Fax. To subscribe to Capitol Fax, click here. LIVE * * State Fair Governor’s Day coverage. Wednesday, Aug 15, 2012. Gov Pat Quinn inadvertently made news today when he said during a speech to Democratic Party leaders that “Obama is dead.” A bit later he corrected himself and said “Osama is dead,” admitting he “goofed that one up.”. On to the live coverage. BlackBerry users click here. Posted by Rich Miller. Billy - Wednesday, Aug 15, 12 @ 11:36 am:. Wednesday, Aug 15, 12 @ 11:38 am:.
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Capitol Fax.com - Your Illinois News Radar » *** UPDATED x1 *** Missing the point, Part 2: Elitist snobs cover for the bureaucracy
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SUBSCRIBE to Capitol Fax. To subscribe to Capitol Fax, click here. UPDATED x1 * * Missing the point, Part 2: Elitist snobs cover for the bureaucracy. Monday, Jul 14, 2014. Absolutely nowhere in the Sunday Tribune’s “Clout for teachers”. Look, this is what some reporters will just never understand. 8220;I have constituents who walk in the door and call daily with frustrations about the bureaucracy in Springfield,” [said state Rep. Chad Hays]. An area many consider sacrosanct. My uncle, for instance, was h...
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Capitol Fax.com - Your Illinois News Radar » This just in… Illinois Supreme Court strikes down state pension law
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SUBSCRIBE to Capitol Fax. To subscribe to Capitol Fax, click here. This just in… Illinois Supreme Court strikes down state pension law. Friday, May 8, 2015. Click here to read it. Let’s go through the decision together…. This construction of article XIII, section 5, was not a break from prior law. To the contrary, it was a reaffirmation of principles articulated by this court and the appellate court on numerous occasions since the 1970 Constitution took effect. […]. No dissent was filed. The rule of law ...
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LWN Naperville Calendar Archive - LWV of Naperville
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League of Women Voters. DEMOCRACY IS NOT A SPECTATOR SPORT! LWN Naperville Calendar Archive. Events that have appeared in the LWV Naperville Calendar over the past 12 months. Friday, July 15, 2016. Naperville, IL 60540. By Seth B. Darling and Douglas L. Sisterson. Thursday, June 16, 2016-Sunday, June 19, 2016. LWVUS 52nd National Convention. June 16-19, 2016. Washington Marriot Wardman Park Hotel. 660 Woodley Road, NW, Washington, DC 20008. Registration Fee - $395; hotel - $209. Saturday, June 4, 2016.
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Illinois Campaign for Political Reform Redistricting - Illinois Campaign for Political Reform
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ICPR in the News. Issues & Legislation. Open Data and Government Transparency. Government Ethics and Accountability. The Illinois Voter Project. Issues & Legislation. Government Ethics and Accountability. Open Data and Government Transparency. We believe, as many of you do, that creating a system for an open, independent redistricting process in Illinois. ICPR has officially signed on as a supporter of the Independent Map Amendment. As they move through their respective processes. ICPR believes that ther...
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Capitol Fax.com - Your Illinois News Radar » Subscriber Content
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SUBSCRIBE to Capitol Fax. To subscribe to Capitol Fax, click here. Protected: SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - New cable TV buys. Saturday, Aug 20, 2016. This post is password protected. To view it please enter your password below:. Posted by Rich Miller. Protected: SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition and a Bertino-Tarrant ad. Friday, Aug 19, 2016. This post is password protected. To view it please enter your password below:. Posted by Rich Miller. Friday, Aug 19, 2016. Posted by Rich Miller. Lyft sought ...
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Capitol Fax.com - Your Illinois News Radar » Grassroots and gerrymandering
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SUBSCRIBE to Capitol Fax. To subscribe to Capitol Fax, click here. Monday, Apr 28, 2014. My weekly syndicated newspaper column. Out of power for a dozen years and hobbled even before that by anti-patronage court rulings, the state’s Republican Party infrastructure has all but collapsed. So, part of GOP gubernatorial nominee Bruce Rauner’s task he’s set for himself from here on out is to try and somehow rebuild a grassroots infrastructure. It’s unknown at this time, even, apparently, by the Rauner c...
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