Illinois House OKs 18 Million Office Building Plan
The Illinois House advanced to the Senate an 18 million dollar bill authorizing the Illinois Building Authority to buy land and start plans for a legislative office building near the State Capital complex. Protests argued the project could become another Rayburn fiasco despite Rep. Barr’s cost cautions.
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Illinois House approves higher guaranteed school aid
The Illinois House passed measures to raise guaranteed pre pupil school aid to 400 dollars. The plan would lift the current two year appropriation from 508 million to 739 million while Gov. Otto Kerner and state schools chief Ray Page push it to the Senate with little opposition. Per pupil aid in the current period remains set at 330 dollars.
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Housing bill abandoned in Illinois House blasts housing reform
The Illinois House dropped a proposed plan to replace 116 local housing authorities with 40 regional entities. Representative Robert Mann of Chicago said the measure had little chance of passage and was tabled. Local authorities opposed the bill at hearings amid broader housing agenda actions.
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Highway bills stalled as Illinois lawmakers debate highway funds
Bills to raise highway revenue through higher license fees and fuel taxes were introduced May 1 but shelved on the House calendar. Gov. Kerner remains noncommittal while Republicans push a 1.5 cent fuel tax rise and Democrats favor higher rates. A key reclassification plan for 127 000 miles faces opposition from township and county officials over mileage turnback and funding.
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