Illinois House panel rejects RTA bailout amid doomsday warning
Springfield AP reports a Republican controlled Illinois House Transportation Committee rejected a Democrat sponsored emergency bailout for the Chicago area Regional Transportation Authority by a 9 6 vote along party lines. The measure would have allowed interim financing bonds to keep service through July while a long term plan is developed. RTA Chairman Hill said cash flow could force a shutdown by month s end and the bill touted a potential $87.5 million need. The article also notes other House actions including a deer as state animal and school board reforms.
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Benedict Garmisa
Lewis W. Hill
General Assembly
Hill
State workers fired in drive license payoff probe
Twelve employees at the secretary of state's Chicago office were fired and 12 suspended for allegedly taking payoffs to issue illegal drivers licenses. The actions bring total disciplinary cases to 28 from the Chicago facilities. The secretary said the investigation continues and more action could come within a month.
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Springfield
Secretary of State
Chicago
Jim Edgar
Edgar
Tuition hikes approved for five state universities
Park Forest AP Five state universities Western Eastern Northeastern Chicago State and Governors State will raise tuition by 10 percent next year despite student picketing outside Governor's State. Current annual tuition at each school is $606.
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Board of Governors of State Colleges and Universities
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Eastern
Northeastern
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Park Forest South
Board of Governors’ Office
Springfield
Asbestos suit awards $500000 in Bloomington case
A McLean County jury awarded Charlotte Hammond 125000 in compensatory damages and 375000 in punitive damages against North American Asbestos Corp in a suit over work related illness. Hammond claimed her husband Charles developed asbestosis from working around asbestos at the Bloomington plant between 1953 and 1971. The trial, the first of about a dozen, heard that the firm distributed asbestos used at the plant with liability contested by company lawyers.
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McLean County
North American Asbestos
London-based Industries
United Asbestos and Ruby Co
Owen Corning Fiberglass Corp
North American
Hammond
Bloomington ‘Area
Bankers push satellite offices in Illinois banking law
Champaign AP report says the Association for Modern Banking in Illinois seeks to allow state banks to open one more satellite office and buy other banks. President James Watt says support has grown and optimism rises in Springfield. The Illinois Bankers Association, with 1010 members, backs the current system and a new legislative debate appears likely. The proposed change would bring basic banking services closer to customers.
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Association For Modern Banking In
Illinois
James Watt
Springfield
Illinois Bankers Association
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Thompson urges educators to face shrinking funding realities
Gov James R Thompson tells Illinois educators they must confront reduced state and federal aid and voter resistance to higher taxes. He pitches a smaller elementary and secondary education budget, asking the Education Board to align its plan with his $2.76 billion proposal that would add $90 million in general state aid, $97 million less than the board sought, while warning future cuts could reverse gains amid economic uncertainty.
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James R. Thompson
Illinois
Thompson
Donald G. Gill
Gill
Illinois General Assembly
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