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Given the choice, would Ill. taxpayers spend $40K on special session?
By now, Illinois taxpayers know it will cost them $40,000 each day for lawmakers to return to the Capitol in search of a deal on pension reform. Read More -
Given the choice, would Ill. taxpayers spend $40K on special session?
By now, Illinois taxpayers know it will cost them $40,000 each day for lawmakers to return to the Capitol in search of a deal on pension reform. Read More -
Quinn, lawmakers plan pension talks into July
Gov. Pat Quinn and lawmakers are working on a new plan to solve the state's $97 billion pension crisis that involves forming a bipartisan committee and reconvening the Legislature again in July. Read More -
US Supreme Court grants Madigan more time on guns
The U.S. Supreme Court is granting the Illinois attorney general more time to decide on an appeal over the carrying of concealed weapons. Read More -
CUB: Illinois residents waste $1.4B on data plans
A consumer advocacy group says Illinois residents are wasting as much as $1.4 billion a year by signing up for the wrong cellphone data plan. Read More -
Wheeling to consider assault weapons ban
The village board in the Chicago suburb of Wheeling is to consider an ordinance prohibiting assault weapons. Read More -
Prosecutors: Jackson can get treatment in prison
Federal prosecutors are refuting the contention by defense attorneys that Jesse Jackson Jr. should spend less time in prison. Read More -
157 in Illinois apply for health outreach dollars
More than 150 community groups in Illinois have applied for $28 million in federal funding to educate the public about new opportunities for health insurance under the national health law. Read More -
Court fight on pension reform termed 'inevitable'
A spokeswoman for Lisa Madigan says the Illinois attorney general is ``doing her job'' to advise state lawmakers and make sure the Legislature's final plan on pension reform ``survives Read More
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