A bill aimed at rolling back a crackdown on potential pension abuses by Illinois Federation of Teachers and Chicago union officials did not surface Monday in the Illinois House and appears to be dead for the year.
A bill aimed at rolling back a crackdown on potential pension abuses by Illinois Federation of Teachers and Chicago union officials did not surface Monday in the Illinois House and appears to be dead for the year.
The Illinois House approved a big tax-break for businesses like Sears and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Those two companies have threatened to leave the state unless they get some tax relief.
With a 58-53 vote, the Illinois House on Wednesday shot down a revised bill that would expand gambling in Illinois.
State lawmakers on Wednesday advanced reform legislation aimed at thwarting lucrative pension abuses by some labor leaders.
Kenneth E. Pannaralla — once a top precinct captain for Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan — has made a good living in government. Pannaralla, 63, gets a pension from the city of Chicago in addition to the three paychecks from his three current government jobs, including one as the executive director of the Southwest Home Equity Assurance Program, a government agency created under a law Madigan co-sponsored.
