Illinois General Assembly Faces Explosive Reapportionment Drive
The new Illinois General Assembly must craft a $15 billion budget amid a recession while tackling redistricting, a cutback that will lay off 59 House members, and funding for transportation including the Chicago area mass transit system. Key issues include economy, taxes, RTA rescue, highway program overhaul, and education funding.
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Bob Springer
Springfield
Illinois General Assembly
Illinois
House
Senate
Philip J. Rock
Chicago-area Regional Transportation Authority
Bernard Epton
Chicago
George Hudson
Hudson
Rainsdale
Terry L. Bruce
D-Olney
Downstate
Upstate
Bruce
Assembly
Peter Peters
James R. Thompson
Thompson
Redmond
RTA
Peters
Jane Bryne
Crime Thompson
Tyrone Fahner
Fire claims lives of 11 children in East St Louis blaze
Virginia Williams 28 faced jail as investigators probed a Sunday early morning fire that killed 11 of her children aged 10 months to 11 years. Officials cited a space heater as the blaze cause, with nine bodies found in an upstairs front bedroom and one on the stairs amid smoke inhalation.
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East St. Louis
Virginia Williams
Norman Stevens
Fire Department
Gregory Cox
Ms. Williams
Ethel Bobo
Albert Ransom
Paramedics Support Two Who Refused Housing Project Entry
The Chicago Fire Paramedics Association backs two paramedics who declined to enter a West Side housing project without police escort. They may receive legal aid if disciplined, while Mayor Byrne orders improved fire police escorts and more police coverage for ambulance calls.
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Chicago
Chicago Fire Paramedics Association
West Side
Robert Stein
Cook
William R. Blair
Fire Department
Donald Walsh
Presi
Walsh
Cold snap grips northeast with deadly fires and outages
Numbing cold and snow flurries sweep the Northeast and Midwest with single digit to teens highs. New Orleans reports a fatal fire tied to frigid temperatures as a man dies in Chicago area amid the cold. Cape Cod Canal closes to heating fuel barges and Lowell and Cape Cod factories suspend operations to curb gas loss while Florida warns of freezing risk to citrus. Early snow around Great Lakes and central Appalachians. Temperatures range from 66 in Blythe California to 24 below zero in Watertown New York.
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