Illinois lawmakers inch toward tax relief plan
Springfield Illinois negotiators narrow options on senior citizen circuit breaker expansion four yearly tax payments and a three fifths vote for large tax levy hikes. Leaders weigh freezes on assessed values and exemptions while delaying broader reforms amid school and local govt funding concerns.
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Springfield
Cns
Illinois
Aldo A. DeAngelis
Olympia Fields
House
Senate
Dawn Clark Netsch
Chicago
James R. Thompson
Thompson
Robert Leininger
General Assembly
Lee A. Daniels
Elmhurst
Court finds Chicago flag desecration law unconstitutional
A Cook County judge ruled Chicago’s ordinance barring flag desecration unconstitutional and blocked enforcement, saying the law is too broad and chills artistic expression. Artists charged included Dread Scott Tyler, amid a dispute linked to the Art Institute of Chicago exhibit. The city may appeal the ruling.
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Chicago
UPI
Cook County
Circuit
Kenneth R. Gillis
Scott Tyler
Art Institute of Chicago
Gillis
Tyler
Washington
U.S
Corporation Counsel's
Judge refuses to block deer hunt at Rock Cut State Park
A Winnebago County board member and a businessman failed to obtain a temporary restraining order to halt the bow and arrow deer hunt at Rock Cut State Park. Judge Thomas O Brien ruled the Department of Conservation may issue archery permits and that the park plan does not prohibit hunting. He criticized the timing and venue of the filing and noted last year’s hunt proceeded openly. About 1,600 archers signed up, with 75 hunters per day allowed until December 31, and 2,440 of the park s 2,743 acres open for hunting until 10 am. The hunts aim to reduce the deer population.
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Chicago
UPI
Winnebago County Board
Rock Cut State Park
Mary Ann Aiello
Dale Garard
Cook County
Thomas O'Brien
Department of Conservation
O’brien
Aiello and
Garard
Winnebago County
Tom Beissel
Illinois Senate Overrules Veto On Sex Ed Standards
The Illinois Senate voted 38-14 to override the governor’s veto on a sex education bill. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Gary Hannig, would require teaching abstinence, monogamy, and condom effectiveness, while the governor left districts to decide curricula. House also approved a fuel tax for leaking underground storage tanks funding a self insurance pool.
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Springfield
UPI
Ilinois
Senate
Gary Hannig
D-Board
James R. Thompson
William Marovitz
Chicago
Marovitz
House
Calvin Schuneman
Prophetstown
Illinois Senate
Neil Hartigan
Senate Judiciary Committee
John Countryman
D-De Kalb
eThe
Illinois
East St. Louis
Wyvetter Younge
Boy Touched by Stray Bullet While Trick or Treating
A 4-year-old boy Brandon Shepherd was hospitalized in good condition after a bullet pierced his buttocks and traveled to his abdomen during Halloween trick or treat near a West Side shop. Police say a store employee fired at teens who had sprayed a fire extinguisher and fled the scene. the employee was detained with no charges filed as yet.
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Chicago
UPI
Mike Maggio
Loyola University Hospital and Medical Center
Brandon Shepherd
Austin
James Moore
Shepherd
West Side
Food Store
Moore
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