Demos clash over civil service status for patronage workers
Springfield House Democrats oppose tying civil service protection to party loyalty as a condition for funding the 70 million dollar secretary of state office. Republicans fall short of the votes needed to advance the bill to the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lindsay-Schaub
Springfield House
Secretary of State
Senate
John W. Lewis
Paul Powell
Democrat Augstor
Michael Howlett Willl
Edmund J. Kucharski
Lewis
Hellen Hyndman
Department of Personnel
Hyndman
State Fair compromise likely to pass in Illinois
Rep J David Jones proposes a seven member board to hire the state fair manager in exchange for Senate confirmation of the board. Senate resistance arose after Ogilvie appointees were placed in personnel code positions bypassing the $16,000 fair superintendent role. The plan would place six gubernatorial appointees and a university agriculture dean on the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lindsay-Schaub
Springfield
J. David Jones
Senate
Jones
Ogilvie
Fair
Thomas Evans
Robert Park
State University College of Agriculture
Illinois House bill seeks 14 member panel for school employee bargaining
Democratic Leader Clyde Choate proposes a commission to study and draft a public school collective bargaining bill by January 15 1973. The House Appropriations Committee approved 15000 for the panel. The plan targets K through graduate education and aims to craft acceptable procedures amid earlier strikes and stalled measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Illinois
Clyde Choate
Anna
House
General Assembly
Choate
Board of Higher Education
Commission
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Labor Laws Commission
Elderly tax relief bill moves to governor in Illinois
The Illinois Senate approved a plan to grant up to 500 to nearly 300000 elderly and disabled residents facing real estate tax burdens. The bill targets 65 plus applicants with thresholds tied to income and rent costs, with a $5 reduction per 100 of household income.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard B. Ogilvie
Illinois Senate
Senate
Howard R. Mohr
Forest Park
House
Conference Committee
Compromise Moves Capital Bond Bill Toward Final Passage
Illinois House moved the Capital Development Bond Fund Act to final passage as Republicans join Democrats in a settlement. The agreement calls for about 523 million in general obligation bonds next fiscal year to fund state projects including 360 million for higher education buildings. It also frees additional Chicago School and transit financing provisions while preserving IBA debt repayment.
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Richard Ogilvie
Illinois House
Chicago Transit Authority
House
W. Robert Blair
R-Park Forest
General Assembly
Blair
Clyde Choate
Anna
Senate
Ogilvie
Chicago Board of Education
Chicago Board
Chicago
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Springfield
CTA
Bureau of the Budget
CGA
Illinois Building Authority
IBA
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National Geographic Society
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U. S. Gov’t
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Turkey
Sweet Sue
Quik
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Prairie Farms
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Iowa
Margarim
Kraftes Corporation
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