Illinois to cut workers' comp costs with rate cut and new law
The Illinois Department of Insurance and insurers, with employers and unions, agree to an 8.4 percent rate reduction effective August 1, while a three year old lawsuit against rate setting must be withdrawn and the measure ratified. Senate Bill 1496 would require insurers to compete on price, not fix rates, and awaits Gov. Thompson's signature. Atty. Gen. Fahner says the changes could save Illinois employers 80 to 90 million dollars next year.
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Business Labor Coalition
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Illinois Supreme Court
National Council On Compensation Insurance
General Assembly
Aldo DeAngelis
Olympia Fields
Senate
House
James Thompson
Tyrone Fahner
Wrong card embarrassment for Rep. Steeze over bogus office badge
Ninth district Rep. Terry Steeze faced embarrassment after a signature card labeling him a legislative administrative assistant appeared during the Orland township arrest of alleged chop shop operator John T. Eineder. Steeze says he never met Eineder and notes the card has no official standing. He criticizes the practice and warns constituents and donor requests for such items.
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Terry Steeze
Steezo
Einoder
ERA campaign tactics spark debate over ratification
Springfield observers question whether fasts chains and partisan rhetoric help or hinder ERA passage. Lawmakers say no single group controls the campaign and insist activists should follow their own paths. NOW leader Eleanor Smeal notes women voters remain a small share of those voting while urging men to support ratification.
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State Capitol
Sonia Johnson
Dina Bachelor
Bernice Carroll
Alice Weber
State Senate
National Organization For Women
League of Women Voters
National Businesswomen's
Illinois
Eleanor Smeal
NOW
Mrs. Smeal
Madigan crafts bold bid to lock in House speakership
In Springfield Chicago attorney Michael Madigan the Democratic leader forges a statewide campaign plan to win the 118 member House. He recruits a dozen tactical aides budgets hundreds of thousands in donations and positions Chicago downstate collaboration as key to a durable majority amid potential cross party resistance and shifting alliances.
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Springfield
Chicago
Michael Madigan
Madigan
House
Gary LaPaille
Deregulation and doctors orders link in campaign money
Congress Watch accuses Illinois legislators of following doctors orders after receiving AMA ADA and AOA funds, noting 186 House sponsors got PAC money since 1979. Some lawmakers dismiss the claim as a smear while debates over FTC jurisdiction for state regulated professionals continue amid possible House Senate moves.
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House
American Medical Association
American Dental Association
American Optorhetric Association
John Porter
Winnetka
Tom Corcoran
Ottawa
Dan Crane
Danville
Edward Derwinski
Consumer Group
Congress
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ADA
Derwinski
Angoff
Senate
House Energy and Commerce Committee
Senate Commerce Committee
Robert Packwood
R-Ore
FTC
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