Governor Thompson Tax Reform Split Signals Political Math
Opinion piece analyzes Gov James Thompson proclaimed need for structural tax changes versus his amendatory veto enabling a property tax relief plan. It argues relief without offsetting funding hurts local services, questions political expediency, and calls for carefully studied reform with alternate funding to preserve essential services.
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James Thompson
Advisory Commission On Taxes
Thompson
Illinois
Hamlin Leaves ACLU Illinois Role Upholding Free Speech
DAVID M. HAMLIN steps down as executive director of the Illinois Division of the ACLU. He denies resignation ties to the Nazi defense controversy, praising the organization for defending First Amendment rights despite sharp criticism and continuing its tradition of protecting free speech, assembly, and fair trials.
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David M. Hamlin
Illinois
The
American Civil Liberties Union
Hamlin
ACLU
Criti
U.S
Eugene V. Debs
CIPS rate dispute explained by Manager public relations
The Central Illinois Public Service response to a reader letter defends higher summer rates to curb usage and fund conservation efforts. It cites the Illinois Commerce Commission order raising rates to one cent per kilowatt hour for all summer residential usage, rising coal costs, and the Electric Fuel Adjustment. It notes minimal costs for bill inserts and public communications and defends the CIPStalk pamphlet as informative.
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Southern Illinoisan
Central Illinois Public Service
Public Service Agency
CIPS
Ms. Parish
Illinois Commerce Commission
Public Service
ICC
S. R. Poe
Springfield
Brooke and the Wolf Pack in a Boston Senate race
Boston figures confront Senator Ed Brooke amid divorce and ethics troubles as Democrats edge toward a primary. Governor White’s wolf pack line fuels debate among rivals including Paul Guzzi and Paul Tsongas while Avi Nelson looms in the GOP, all amid a volatile Massachusetts political scene and Brooke’s lingering vulnerability.
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Kevin White
Boston
Ed Brooke
White
Brooke
Massachusetts
Paul Guzzi
Guzzi
Paul Tsongas
Boston School Committee
Kathleen Sullivan Alioto
Howard Phillip
Richard Nixon
Federal
Anti-Poverty Agency
Avi Nelson
Nelson
United States Senate
Tsongas
Tommy O’neill
Tip O’neill
Young O’neill
Bay State
James Lyons
Canton
Sen
Humphrey
Colorado GOP faces crowded path to senatorial bid
In Colorado, Republicans optimistic about unseating Sen. Floyd Haskell and Gov. Dick Lamm face a drawn out convention process. Ted Strickland, Richard Plock, and Joe Shoemaker split the 20 percent threshold for the Senate and governor nominations, leaving the field unsettled and raising questions about November support. Swigert, aiming as an outsider, runs against Armstrong, using his space fame in ads while lawmakers debate primary versus convention.
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Colorado
Floyd Haskell
Dick Lamm
Haskell
Jimmy Carter
Ted Strickland
Senate
Richard Plock
Joe Shoemaker
Shoemaker
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Armstrong
Strickland
Lamm
Marian Carter
Swigert
Assembly
People
John Glenn
Ohio
GOP
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Southern
John C. Gardner
William B. Cox Jr
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