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Chicago-area pension funding gap jumps to $32 billion: report
ReutersThe Chicago-based Civic Federation said Tuesday the funding gap for 10 Chicago-area public pension systems widened by 16.7 percent to $32 billion in fiscal 2011 from the year, warning of service cuts or tax hikes to bridge the gap. The civic watchdog...Tags: Chicago Park District, Chicago Transit Authority, Local Government, Chicago Mayor, Chicago Public Schools
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Editorial: Dear President Cullerton, Gov. Quinn needs you. We all do.
All in cordial terms, Illinois Senate President John Cullerton. Notice the comma, rather than a colon, in our salutation. This is a personal note, just between us. Nobody else needs to know about it. Gov. Pat Quinn met Monday with the Tribune...
Tags: Executive Branch, Elections, Employees, Interior Policy, John J Cullerton
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Sandy Hook parents help Illinois high-capacity magazine ban
— Grieving parents of children killed at a Connecticut elementary school gave haunting testimony about their lost sons Monday as they tried to persuade the Illinois Senate to approve a ban on the sale of high-capacity gun magazines in Illinois....
Tags: Apple iPad, Parties and Movements, Crime, Law and Justice, Elections, Personal Weapon Control
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Council debates banning drones from Evanston's skies
Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a drone! And it's hovering outside my bedroom window! That's the nightmare scenario behind a proposal to ban unmanned aerial vehicles in Evanston. Conceived by local activists in the North Shore...
Tags: Litigation and Regulation, Crime, Law and Justice, Elizabeth Tisdahl, Charlottesville (Charlottesville, Virginia), Daniel Biss
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EDITORIAL: Give districts option to merge
The Telegraph, Alton, Ill.Sometimes, less is more. In the case of public school districts in Illinois, it would be grammatically correct to say that fewer is more, but the idea is the same. Illinois has 879 school districts, more than almost any other state, with many of them...Tags: Executive Branch, Business, Illinois Governor, Public Schools, Schools
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Peter Morici: Obama failing dramatically as manager of people
CEOs of large organizations all face the same problem – driving their agendas in organizations too diverse and geographically dispersed to manage directly. Â They hire competent managers for their units, set goals and establish clear metrics for...Tags: Executive Branch, Elections, Government, Politics, Values
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EDITORIAL: New Illinois State president has big shoes to fill
The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill.Timothy Flanagan has a big job ahead of him as Illinois State University's newest president. Flanagan hails from Massachusetts, where he was president of Framingham State University, and before that at the College of Brockton -- part of the state...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Illinois State University
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Illinois pension troubles reduce talent pool, school officials say
Lake Forest High School District 115 Superintendent Michael Simeck said new restrictions on Illinois' pension program may render it more difficult to recruit out-of-state teachers and administrators. Simeck said a number of cost-reducing reforms that...
Tags: Elections, Interior Policy, Pension and Welfare, Lake Forest, Politics
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Illinois Senate approves medical marijuana bill
Clout StreetSPRINGFIELD --- The Senate today approved legislation that would allow doctors to prescribe medical marijuana to patients with serious illnesses, sending the measure to Gov. Pat Quinn. The issue pitted supporters arguing for compassion for those...Tags: Executive Branch, Crime, Law and Justice, Kyle McCarter, HIV, Food and Drug Administration
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Senate OKs medical marijuana; McCarter recalls daughter's drug-related death
Belleville News-DemocratDespite tearful opposition from a metro-east lawmaker, the Illinois Senate on Friday approved a bill allowing people to use marijuana to ease the pain of certain medical ailments. The bill would create a four-year pilot program, under which patients...Tags: OxyContin (drug), Kyle McCarter, Pharmaceuticals, Muscular Dystrophy, CBS Corp.
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Illinois Senate approves bill to legalize medical marijuana
Illinois has come within a signature of becoming the 19th state to allow marijuana use for medical purposes. On Friday, the state Senate voted 35-21 to approve a medical marijuana measure, which now will head for Gov. Pat Quinn’s desk. The...
Tags: OxyContin (drug), Crime, Law and Justice, Executive Branch, Recreational Substance Use, AIDS
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Illinois Senate approves marijuana for medical uses
ReutersCHICAGO, May 17 (Reuters) - The Illinois Senate on Friday voted to approve the use of marijuana for medical purposes, paving the way for Illinois to soon join more than a dozen states with such laws. The Senate voted 35-21 in favor of allowing patients...Tags: Illinois Governor, Pat Quinn
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