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Illinois House passes bill to end pension loophole used by Bobbie Steele
Submitted on Thu, 03/29/2007 – 06:38. The Illinois House unanimously approved March 28 legislation that would close the pension loophole used recently by retired Cook County Board Interim President Bobbie Steele to double her pension. Steele resigned the county commissioner seat to which she won re-election on Nov. 7 so that she could fill the […]
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Submitted on Tue, 03/25/2008 – 20:16. Community members in Crest Hill are outraged at Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s plan to close a portion of Statesville prison, but one senator says the prison will not close if the Department of Corrections chooses not to comply with legislative act. “It’s incredulous that the department thinks they don’t […]
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Show Them the Money? Lawmakers Look Toward Gaming After Rejecting Governor’s Lottery Plan
March 25, 2008 Comments OffStory by Michael Pasternak Submitted by Visitor on Tue, 03/25/2008 – 02:08. Lawmakers, many having written off Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s plan to fund a capital construction bill by leasing the Illinois Lottery are now scrambling to come up with an alternative. One roadblock: the ongoing bickering between the governor and House Speaker Michael Madigan (D- […]
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Submitted on Sat, 03/22/2008 – 17:53. Rashna Ghadialy became a U.S. citizen in February 2003. One month later, the Pakistani immigrant found her new homeland entering a war she didn’t agree with. For Ghadialy and other Americans both for and against the war in Iraq, the past five years have been a period of political […]
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Story by Emily Wilensky Submitted on Fri, 03/21/2008 – 02:30. One, or perhaps both, of the following scenarios probably sounds familiar to Chicagoans: You are driving down the road, when all of a sudden, a bike darts out in front of your vehicle. Or maybe, as you are riding your bike down the street, a […]
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Story by Ricky O’Donnell Submitted on Thu, 03/20/2008 – 02:10. Mona Purdy always enjoyed running when she was growing up in Chicago, but she never knew her hobby would one day lead to her passion. In 1999, Purdy traveled with a friend to Guatemala to take part in a race. While she was there, she […]
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Submitted on Wed, 03/19/2008 – 02:13. When David Truman knew his mortgage payments would rise in October 2007, he reached out to his lender for a loan modification. He “went the whole nine yards” sending in the necessary paperwork to First Franklin Financial, a defunct sub-prime lending subsidiary of Merrill Lynch, to begin the process, […]
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