Ambitious legislative compromises play out across Illinois
The article details tentative deals in 1994-96 remapping education governance, including suburban Cook County elected oversight, state absorption of regional centers, and concessions on non-certified staff, tax exemptions for R&D purchases, Chicago tax reforms, and funding shifts for city schools, water reclamation, and higher education governance.
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Leininger
Cook County
Downstate
Chicago
Cook
Western Open Crowds Laugh At Sleeping Spectator Incident
Spectators at the Western Open amused as Greg Norman Ian Baker-Finch and Peter Jacobsen teased a sleeping man under a crowd rope while Payne Stewart lined up a putt. Ernie Banks was spotted in the gallery as Chicago Bulls stars also attended and fortunes aligned in a sunlit late-afternoon round.
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Greg Norman
Ian Baker-Finch
Peter Jacobsen
Norman
Baker-Finch
Jacobsen
Payne Stewart
Arnold Nagler
Chicago
Stewart
Birdie
Ernie Banks
Ernie
Scottie Pippen
Will Perdue
Scott Williams
Menards Project Could Set Regional Detention Pond Model
The Village Board discussed a plan for five interconnected detention ponds funded by Menards and Southgate Commerce Center. The model system aims to filter pollutants before reaching Butterfield Creek, with maintenance by the village and a connected 22 acre wetland park for potential birdwatching paths and trail links. The deal includes a $75,000 donation and a nearby 12 acre lake for recreation near the I 57 bridge, plus Circuit City approval for a larger illuminated sign.
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Menards
Matteson
Butterfield Reek
Haldane
Southgate Center
Old Plank Road Trail
Detention Pond
Southgate Commerce Center
Plan
Circuit City Electronic
LaSalle Bank
Cicero Avenue
Southwick Drive
Tollway extension aims to wrap around Chicago area
Legislation moves to extend I 355 southeast to Peotone and northeast into Lake County as part of a major beltway project. Construction could start next summer amid end of session deals between Democratic House and Republican Senate. Will County lawmakers hail the vote as a victory and a long sought traffic solution.
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Peotone
Lake County
Chicago
House
Senate
James “Pate” Philip
Wood Dale
Sen
Thomas Dunn
D-Joliet
Larry Wennlund
New Lenox
Dunn’s
Wennlund
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