Frankfort-Mokena Star and regional press associations listing
A compact listing notes the Frankfort-Mokena Star and various regional press bodies including the National Newspaper Association Suburban Newspapers of America Northern Illinois Newspaper Association Cook County Suburban Publishers Association and Illinois Press Association as active affiliations and networks for local papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cook County Suburban Publishers Association
Law and crime fight gains in this year’s General Assembly
Editorial lauds laws passed to curb crime and drug trade. Highlights Narcotics Profit Forfeiture Act, look alike drug ban, drug paraphernalia ban, metal piercing bullets ban, and funding for Metropolitan Enforcement. Credits Atty. Gen. Fahner and Rep. Getty for bipartisan effort and ongoing advisory committee work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
Atty
Tyrone Fahner
L. Michael Getty
D-Dalton
Fahner
Springfield couple's public life tests marriage over ERA
Linda Miller, president of Illinois NOW and wife of Jeff Miller, director of the Department of Public Aid, navigates partisan feminist attacks and scrutiny of their roles. Jeff says his job remains unaffected, though occasional ribbing occurs. both 36 with two children live in southwest Springfield. The couple faces pressure as ERA politics loom, with critics tying support to voter blocs and party lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Linda Miller
Illinois
The
National Organization of Women
North Carolina
Republican Party
Linda
Millers
Southwest Side
Jeff
Bureau of the Budget
Art Quern
Quern
Thompsons
Thompson stalls plan for Illinois Health Finance Authority
Gov James R Thompson praised a state Health Finance Authority in 1978 as a cost containment tool. The agency was created but died after hospital association opposition and a political deal. By 1982 Medicaid reimbursement talks and budget pressures ended the program, shaping views on state cost control and federalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
James R. Thompson
Illinois Health Finance Authority
Illinois
General Assembly
Thompson
Washington
Health Finance Authority
Senate
Sam Vinson
Clinton
Hospital Association
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Frankfort
W. E. Williams
Charles W. Williams
Lester G. Sons
W.E. Williams
Edward Czerwinski
National Newspaper Association
Suburban Newspapers of America
Northern Illinois Newspaper Association
Illinois Press Association
Committee
Legislature
As Manning
Department of Public Aid
ERA
George Ryan
Adlai Stevenson
Chicago
Copley News Service
Mokena
Mike Lawrence
Illinois Health Finance Agency
Robert W. O’leary
Illinois Hospital Association