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THE iLLINOIS OBSERVER Has Moved… 27 Apr 2012 | 04:10 am
Dear Readers and Subscribers, THE iLLLINOIS OBSERVER has moved to a new Web site: http://www.illinoisobserver.net. After today, there will no longer be posts made to this site. The new site provides...
Our View: Rahm’s Rush on Chicago Infrastructure Bank Wrong 22 Apr 2012 | 04:06 am
Our View: Although Mayor Rahm Emanuel introduced his Chicago Infrastructure Bank ordinance–a thoroughly complex proposal–only a month ago, he claims that there has been enough public debate. Emanuel ...
Rahm Emanuel, Toni Preckwinkle Release Cautious Statements of Support on Quinn Illinois Pension Plan 21 Apr 2012 | 08:12 am
(Chicago, IL) – April 20, 2012. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle today released cautious statements of support for Governor Pat Quinn’s proposed Illinois pen...
Governor Pat Quinn Announces Illinois Pension Reform Plan 21 Apr 2012 | 04:35 am
(Chicago, IL) – April 20, 2012. Governor Pat Quinn today announced an Illinois pension reform plan that he claims is expected to save taxpayers $65 to $85 billion. “This plan rescues our pension syst...
Cook County Board OK’s Suffredin Tax Administration Office Proposal 20 Apr 2012 | 06:55 am
Cook County Commissioner Larry Suffredin (Chicago) – April 19, 2012. Special Report: Cook County Commissioner Larry Suffredin (D-Evanston) on Tuesday won approval by a county board panel for a plan t...
Governor Pat Quinn Pushes $2.7 Billion Illinois Medicaid Savings Plan 20 Apr 2012 | 06:11 am
(Springfield, IL) – April 19, 2012. Without consensus by his working group, Governor Pat Quinn today struck out on his own and announced his own plan to cut Illinois Medicaid costs by $2.7 billion fro...
Late Night: Indicted State Rep. Derrick Smith Has Stashed $100,000 in Campaign Cash… and More 17 Apr 2012 | 03:23 pm
The Chicago City Council Finance Committee on Monday night ok'd Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s proposed infrastructure bank to fund city capital projects. (Chicago, IL) – April 16, 2012. Usually candidates–ev...
Video: IL House Minority Leader Tom Cross, U.S. Rep Aaron Schock Hit Illinois Health Exchange Implementation 16 Apr 2012 | 06:40 am
(Chicago, IL) — April 15, 2014. Special Report: U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock (R-Peoria) and Illinois House Republican Minority Leader Tom Cross (R-Oswego) on Friday held a press conference in Cahokia, Illin...
Suffredin Cook County Tax Plan in Doubt as Commissioner John Fritchey Withholds Support–For Now 15 Apr 2012 | 02:04 am
Cook County Commissioner John Fritchey (Chicago) – April 14, 2012. Special Report: The fate of a plan by Democratic Cook County Commissioner Larry Suffredin of Evanston to streamline the county prope...
Judge Dismisses Ex-IL GOP Congressional Candidate Lawsuit Claiming Chicago Board of Trade Locks Fire Exit Doors 14 Apr 2012 | 10:16 am
(Chicago) – A former Illinois Republican congressional candidate on Monday filed a lawsuit in federal district court claiming the Chicago Board of Trade has locked fire exit doors. (Photo: April 12, 2...
