Walker tax relief bill gains votes to move from House to Senate
A bipartisan bloc of 110 votes moves Gov. Daniel Walker's tax relief plan from the Illinois House toward the Senate. The measure raises personal exemptions to 1400 and reduces the tax bite while sparking cross party bargaining over transit subsidies and regional authority funding amid shifting allegiances among Daley Democrats and Blair allies.
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Richard H. Ieen Lindsay-Schaub
Springfield
House
W. Robert Blair
Park Forest
Daniel Walker
Senate
Walker
Blair
Illinois
Chicago
Cal Blair
Harris
Daley
Richard J. Daley
Democratic Party
Chicago Transit Authority
Clyde L. Choate
D-Anna
Choat
Robert Juckett
Park Ridge
Rotunda
Hirschfeld
Jackett
Water bucket Choate aids turf bill in Illinois House
Rep. Clyde Choate drenches the chamber with a water bucket as Gov Walker's tax relief program faces a turf proposal. Rep. Bruce Waddell secures 550000 for artificial turf at Champaign football field amid a 106 to 36 vote. bill sent to Senate with Grange and Parseghian letters offered in support.
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Choate
John Hirschfeld
R-Champaign
Walker
Lindsay-Schaub
Springfield
Water House
Clyde L. Choate
D-Anna
University of Illinois
Want
House
Bruce Waddell
Dundee
Champaign
Chicago Bears
Senate
Waddell
Illini
Harold
Red) Grange
Notre Dame
Ara Parseghian
Functional budgeting sparks House Senate clash over university funds
The Illinois House backs a functional program budgeting system for higher education funds, shifting from line items to function based allocations. Critics in the Senate fear loosened control and potential ballooning of administrator discretion while university officials warn of possible trouble in execution.
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Lindsay-Schaub News Service
Springfield
House
Senate
House Appropriations Committee
Board of Higher Education
House Committee
Thomas A. Hanahan
D-Mchenry
Hanahan
Terry Bruce
D-Olney
Bruce
Southern Illinois University
John Rendleman
Edwardsville
Uni
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Walker Democrats
Eugene F. Schlickman
Arlington Heights
W. Joseph Gibbs
Reps
Paul Randolph
J. David Jones
Fred Tuerk
Peoria
ZEBRA
Mardale Shopping Center
Tradewinds Pet Center
W. Broadway
Carbondale
Sparta
Jim and
Ruth
North Bridge St. Carbondale
Blue Bell Wieners
Blue Bell Bologna
HAM
T-Bone
Scot Lad Soda
Bellevilli
OOD
KODAK
Agodor
Kodak Film
Westinghouse
Kodapak
The
ELA
America
Crow Light
Crow Distillery Company
Louisville, Kentucky
Ria
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