Springfield lawmaker resigns over health after 22 years
Democrat Margaret Smith announced her resignation from the Illinois state Senate after 22 years in Springfield. She was hospitalized during the fall veto session and now lives in a nursing home. No successor has been appointed and her exact ailment was not disclosed.
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Conservative backlash grows against Senator Fitzgerald in Illinois
In Bolingbrook a conservative caucus shows mixed support for Senator Peter Fitzgerald as he readies for a 2004 re election. Activists praise his anti corruption record but protest his stance on campaign finance reform gun control and the environment. Some fear a right wing primary challenge if he does not re energize his base.
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United unions review plan for 2.4 billion annual labor cuts
United Airlines unions met with advisers to review a bankruptcy restructuring plan. The proposal seeks 2.4 billion dollars in annual labor savings within two months, far above the roughly 1 billion planned earlier. Labor groups push wage cuts and productivity changes while pilots and mechanics face larger concessions and possible layoffs.
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Death penalty opponents march 37 miles to Chicago
About 30 former inmates from Illinois and other states began a 37 mile relay walk from Stateville Correctional Center to downtown Chicago to urge Gov. George Ryan to commute all death sentences to life without parole. The letter was to be delivered during a Chicago performance of The Exonerated and amid a weekend of speeches and town hall events with judges, legislators, and victims’ families watching closely as Ryan nears his January 13 term end.
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