Supreme Court asked to reverse cutback decision
Illinois Supreme Court is urged to overturn the Sept. 2 ruling that put the direct citizens petition cutback on the ballot. Raucci, attorney for anti cutback forces, argues the amendment was illegal under a 1979 residency requirement law and that the two questions should not have been combined. Patrick Quinn’s Coalition for Political Honesty calls the move extreme and unlikely to succeed, noting the court rarely reopens cases.
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Springfield
Illinois Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Andrew Raucci
Raucci
Associated Press
Patrick Quinn
House
Quinn
Coalition For Political Honesty
High Court
Net income approach eyed for farm land assessments
A proposed bill would add net income from farm land as a factor in state assessments. Legislators Stuffle and Demuzio say the current tax system favors larger central Illinois farms and seek a fairer method with county commissions setting values under a department rule.
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Mary Ann McNulty
Springfield
Larry R. Stuffle
Charleston
Vince Demuzio
Carlinville
Illinois Public Action Council
Committee On Farm Land
Stuffle
Larry Gallagher
Public Action Council
Illinois
Gallagher
Charles Colbeare
Pike County
Department of Revenue
Illinois Sues Indiana Firm Over Lake Pollution
The State of Illinois sues Lever Bros. Co. of Hammond, Indiana, alleging discharge of excessive fat, oil, grease, and soap polluted Chicago area beaches last summer. Five counts seek 10,000 dollars per count and 1,000 dollars per day of violation of Hammond ordinance. firm says its sewage system is correct and discharges are treated.
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Chicago
of Illinois
Lever Bros. Co
Hammond
Ind
Tyrone Fahner
Lever Bros
Fahner
Thompson Reappoints Cabinet Directors Including Carbondale's Kenney
Gov. James R. Thompson reappointed three cabinet directors Thursday including David Kenney of Carbondale. Edgar F. Callahan will head Financial Institutions Department at $43,000 yearly, while Kenney returns as Conservation Department director at $39,500. Thomas A. Johnson is again Revenue Department director at $46,000, after being named to the post last August. Thompson had also reappointed two directors on Wednesday.
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Springfield
James R. Thompson
David Kenney
Carbondale
Thompson
Edgar F. Callahan
Financial Institutions Department
Callahan
Kenney
State Conservation Department
Thomas A. Johnson
State Revenue Department
Johnson
James Zagel
State Law Enforcement Department
State to furnish rape evidence kits for hospitals
Gov James R Thompson approved legislation to fund rape evidence collection kits for hospitals statewide with 3500 Vitalio kits at a total of 17500. Federal funds previously paid for the kits but federal budget cuts ended that support.
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Springfield
James R. Thompson
Vitalio
Senator Keats Says Illinois Higher Ed Bill Was A Misunderstanding
Republican state senator Roger Keats of Wilmette sparked a controversy by proposing to close Sangamon State University and Governors State University and liquidate their assets. He says the move was a dramatic critique of rising higher education costs and not a real bid to shutter the schools. Governors State and Sangamon officials dismissed the proposal as unlikely to pass.
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Illinois
Roger Keats
R-Wilmette
Sangamon State University
Governors State University
Chicago
Park Forest South
Keats
State Board of
Governors State
Kenilworth
Sangamon
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