Illinois road fund under strain prompts call for frank financing review
The piece argues that Illinois faces a worsening transportation finance gap despite claims of a solvent road fund. It cites Bond criticisms of ongoing road and freeway spending, increased borrowing for projects, and rising costs while fuel tax and federal aid stagnate. It urges honest leadership from Governor Walker’s administration and lawmakers to confront funding, debt use, and future highway plans.
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Bond
Ilinois
Illinois
Walker
General Assembly
Chicago
Department of Transportation
Mllinois
Lindberg plans welfare pre audit raise cost and delay payments
Illinois Comptroller George Lindberg asserts welfare fraud could reach 300 million annually and launches a pre auditing effort to screen vouchers and Medicaid bills before payment. Critics call it duplicative and costly while questioning timing and impact on timely benefits.
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Lindberg
Illinois
George Lindberg
Department of Public Aid
DPA
Lebanon in the throes of internationalized conflict
The fighting in Lebanon shifted from a Christian Moslem civil war to an international power struggle. Syrians and Palestinians allied with leftists fight, while Israel fears a pro Palestinian Beirut government and a stronger Syrian Lebanese regime. A UN led cease fire is urged as a first step to a shared solution amid competing regional interests.
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Lebanon
Mideast
Syria
Israel
Jordan
Beirut
United Nations
Two-ness pattern shapes black life in America
The New York Times profile notes two-ness as a persistent pattern among blacks in the South and North, with figures like Tennessee politician Teddy Withers illustrating dual roles. It cites leaders such as Dr. Andrew Brimmer, Percy Sutton, and Oscar Micheaux awards, and discusses race, politics, and economics shaping outcomes.
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Thomas A. Johnson
New York Times
Memphis Dedrick
Teddy) Withers
Tennessee House of Representatives
Withers
Martin Luther King Jr
James P. Comer
Yale Medical School
America
Strategic Air Command
Andrew F. Brimmer
Federal Reserve System
Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration
Manhattan
Percy Sutton
Black National Bar Association
American Bar Association
Black Film Makers Hall of Fame
Sidney Poitier
Harry Belafonte
Brock Peters
Diahanne Carroll
Richard Roundtree
Rosalind Cact
Blacks gain in politics but face long road ahead in Cleveland
In Cleveland during the 1960s black political progress is praised yet questioned. Carl Stokes, the first Black major mayor, sparked optimism but the Dorseys and others say frustration grows as persistent unemployment, education gaps, and racism persist. Experts note slow economic gains and continued white opposition.
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Paul Delaney
New York Times
Cleveland
B. Stokes
William
Lucy Dorsey
Myrna
Stokes
Dorsey
Dorseys
New York
Newark
N.J
Kenneth D. Gibson
Atlanta
Maynard Jackson
Detroit
Los Angeles
Coleman Young
Tom Bradley
Republic
Lloyd D. Brown
Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas
Eddie N. Williams
Joint Center For Political Studies
Williams
Joint Center
William Walker
Cleveland Call and Post
Arnold Pinkney
Ralph J. Perk
Brown
Carl Stokes
Carl
Atlanta Constitution
Jackson
Charles Evers
Fayette
Miss
George Brown
Colorado
Richard Nixon
Henry M. Jackson
Ohio
Bradley
Orange County
Sam Yorty
Yorty
Tom
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Judy Pace
EDGES
John Briten
Afl-Cio
William Pollard
Congress
Organized Labor
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Judge Brown
Eddie Williams
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