RAP 2000 rolls into outreach phase for regional plan
RAP/2000 moves to a new phase with a draft action plan and volunteers widening the call. Director Ron Bean says stakeholders will help shape a regional strategy spanning education, jobs and transportation, with 22 goals and seven action teams. The Chicago south suburbs project aims to unite residents, officials and civic groups across a wide area and seeks broader input through hundreds of conversations this summer.
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Ron Bean
Inetrassroots
South Metropolitan
87Th Street
Chicago
Indiana
Joliet
Kankakee
Chicago Metropolitan Area
South
South Metropolitan Area
Presenta Bostensde
Vie Orkatinations
Bean
Chicago, Southland Chamber of Commerce
NIPC
Northern Fines Planning Commission
Rapers
Tobin group urges veto of DeAngelis cap aid bill
The National Taxpayers United of Illinois urged Gov. Edgar to veto the DeAngelis Revolving Charge Account Bill. The measure would let Look County Will and collar counties continue selling non refer endum bonds if debt stays at 1994 levels. Tobin blasted the bill as gutting property tax caps and warned it creates a permanent revolving charge account at taxpayers expense.
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Tobin Group
DeAngelis
Cap Aid
Alane Ross
Springfield
National Taxpayers United of Illinois
Jim Edgar
Edgar
House
Senate
Aldo DeAngelis
Olympia Fields
Jack Kubik
Berwyn
Maureen Murphy
Evergreen Park
Bill Balthis
Lansing
Flora Ciarlo
Steger
Look
Will
Blue Island
Illinois
Tobin
Erty
State universities reach tentative 3.3 percent raise pact
Governors State University and four other Illinois schools strike a tentative 1995 1996 contract boosting base pay by 3.3 percent for about 2000 faculty and staff. An additional 1 percent funds campus wide boosts and awards. Ratification by unions is pending as the system plans dissolution.
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Springfield
Governors State University
BGU
Illinois
University Park
Chicago State University
Chicago
Eastern Illinois University
Charleston
Northeastern Illinois University
Western Illinois University
Macomb
Fight over 2 year college split not over yet
Community colleges push to separate from the Illinois Board of Higher Education despite the General Assembly approving a split. Governor Sim Edgar hesitates over signing, warning against Balkanization. Supporters cite overwhelming votes and potential veto override.
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Gilda Williams
Illinois Board of Higher Education
IBHE
General Assembly
Sim Edgar
Community College Board
Flora Ciarlo
R- Steger
Ciarlo
Prairie State College
PSC
E. Timothy Lightfield
House
Senate
Lightfield
William Shaw
D-Dalton
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UPI
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Montgomery. Ward
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Grossroods
America
Astada
Crossroads of America
Centure
Hearing Clinic
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