Sewer bill backed up in House
Springfield lawmakers remain divided over reorganizing the Chicago area sewer district into single member districts. House Speaker Michael Madigan pushes an elected district president with broad power, drawing opposition from MWRD officials and legislators. Finances, salaries, and potential costs to taxpayers are key sticking points as debate continues.
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Myra Guindon
Springfield
Chicago Area
Michael J. Madigan
Chicago
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
Greater
Steve Brown
Madigan
Cook County
Brown
MWRD
Harry “Bus” Yourell
D-Oak Lawn
Yourell
Memorial Day reflections shared by VFW veterans
In memoriam by Lindsay Gladstone veterans at the Bremen VFW post discuss Memorial Day as a time to reflect on sacrifices from the Revolutionary War to Desert Storm. They hear accounts from World War II and Korean War veterans about battles, kamikaze attacks, and the price of freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Barton
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Bremen
Barton
VFW Hall
William Rapson
Tinley Park
South Pacific
Rapson
Japan
Army
Wilbert Mager
Italy
Bob Lewis
Chicago Heights
U.S. Army Airborne
Lewis
Incinerator on low flame in statehouse
The Illinois House passed environmental legislation with a Novak backed pro Robins subsidy provision but the Senate refused to adopt it. Conference committee will negotiate a compromise on the incinerator subsidy while the House position is reversed on the broader issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Robbins
General Assembly
Phil Novak
Bradley
Patrick Welch
Peru
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Novak
Senate
House
Tom Dart
Chicago
Lee Burner
Sailor's mother returns home after justice served
Dorothy Haidy, in Chicago Heights, embraced her son Bill at O'Hare as cameras captured a private moment following the life sentence for Terry Helvey, the sailor convicted in the October 1992 beating death of Allen Schindler in Sasebo Japan. Helvey also faced forfeiture of pay and dishonorable discharge. The case, tied to the USS Bel, concluded after Haidy testified in Yokosuka.
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Dorothy Hardys
O'Hare
Bill
Hardys
Allen Schindler
U.S
Schindler
Terry Helvey
Missouri
Hajdys
Chicago Heights
Yokosuka
Japan
Helvey
Sasebo
Students Adopt Governors Trail Park To Improve Matteson Outdoors
Thirty four eighth graders from St Lawrence O Toole School in Matteson adopted Governors Trail Park beside their campus. They planted yellow red and pink flowers around the park sign and pledged ongoing care to prevent graffiti and dirt as a model of youth environmental action.
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St. Lawrence O’toole
Matteson
Margaret Finnegan
Governors Trail Park
Chris Czaszwicz
Chris
Finnegan
Morial Park
Marya Yates
Allemony Park
Tracee
Melanie Skocz
Melanie
Kalvin Cole
Parks and Recreation Commission
St. Lawrence O'Toole
Traceetor
Jim Sharp
Friederich and
Matteson Parks and Recreation
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Diane Ross
Mex
Lansing
The
Memorial Foundation
Memoriam
By Lindsay Gladstone
Sailor
Justice
By Phil Rockrohr
By Heather Lynn Fabian
Melanie Skeet O'Toole
Patricia Freilich
Tracee Friederich
Huth
Governors Trail
Phil Faso
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