Open meetings urged for state advisory board ruling issued
Rep Eugenia Chapman demands Gov Thompson open sessions of the Purchased Care Review Board after a new attorney general opinion says the board must conduct deliberations openly as an advisory body aiding in state business. The board has drawn criticism for excluding the public while handling nearly a three billion dollar health care spending program.
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Springfield
James R. Thompson
Eugenia S. Chapman
Arlington Heights
Illinois
State Attorney General’s Office
Shawn W. Denney
Attorney General
Tyrone C. Fahner
Thompson
Denney
Chapman
Legislative
Mandeville
Illinois ends state paid Capitol automatic elevator operators
Secretary of State Jim Edgar announced the removal of four state paid operators from the Capitol Building automatic elevators. He offered transfers to clerical positions in Springfield while two manual elevator operators remain. The move follows reports that the state paid over 100000 dollars in salaries for 13 operators last year.
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Springfield
Capitol
Illinois
Jim Edgar
Edgar
Secretary of State
Associated Press
Contracts Awarded to Finish U S 51 Rockford Rochelle
Gov. James R. Thompson announced final two paving contracts to complete the North-South U S 51 Freeway between Rockford and Rochelle. The two awards total over 14.7 million, adding to 84 million already under way or completed on the Rockford to Rochelle segment. Thompson urged the General Assembly to address a transportation funding crisis caused by roughly 400 million in federal budget cuts.
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Springfield
Rockford
Rochelle
James R. Thompson
Rockford-to-Rochelle
Thompson
General Assembly
Illinois
Chicago Lawmakers Press Ease to Ratify Federal Amendments
Illinois House hearing focused on replacing a three-fifths ratification requirement with a simple majority for federal amendments including the ERA. Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie argued the rule stifles constitutional change while noting support could extend beyond ERA to anti abortion proposals.
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Springfield
General Assembly
Illinois House
Barbara Flynn Currie
Chicago
House Rules Committee
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Alaska
Currie
Illinois General Assembly
Penny Pullen
Park Ridge
Richard F. Kelly
Hazel Crest
Kelly
Doctor charged in Illinois medical billing fraud case
A Circuit Court jury indicted 49 year old Chicago physician Dr Leonard Pomper on 57 counts including theft forgery and Medicaid fraud alleging at least ten thousand dollars in improper billing to the Illinois Department of Public Aid. He allegedly prescribed drugs to state agents and earned over two hundred fifty thousand dollars in three years for welfare clinic services. Pomper arraignment is set for February 13.
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Chicago
Illinois Department of Public Aid
Tyrone Fahner
Leonard Pomper
Michael Brennan
Brennan
Pomper
West Side
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