Amtrak Bush deal keeps trains running through September
Amtrak and the Bush administration reached a deal to provide 200 million dollars in support, with a 100 million immediate loan from the Transportation Department and a push to Congress for the rest. The accord imposes financial controls, pauses executive bonuses, and requires budgeting cuts while maintaining existing services.
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Congress
Transportation Secretary
Norman Y. Mineta
David Gunn
Ryan signs budget borrowing and tax bills in Illinois
Gov. George H. Ryan signed a package to close a budget gap exceeding 1 billion dollars. The measures include up to 750 million in long term borrowing tied to tobacco settlement proceeds and higher gambling taxes. The final general fund budget is 22.3 billion, funding education prisons and mental health.
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George H. Ryan
Ryan
Illinois
Senate
House
Michael J. Madigan
Chicago
James “Pate
Philip
R-Wood Dale
New Illinois law shields rural phone users from municipal tax
Gov. George H. Ryan signed HB 6012 allowing residents mis billed on rural telephone lines to appeal to the Illinois Department of Revenue. The department can remove the tax obligation and order refunds. Julie Curry, Sheila Maloney, Monticello, and rural Illinois communities are key figures in the reform. The measure takes effect Monday and targets municipal telecom charges wrongly applied to non residents.
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Springfield
Sheila Maloney
Monticello
Illinois Department of Revenue
Family given 60 year jail term in Karyn Slover murder
In Decatur a judge sentenced Michael Slover Jr and his parents to the maximum 60 years for murder in Karyn Slover 1996 death. The relatives faced emotional statements as prosecutors urged the harshest penalty affirming the family’s grief and impact.
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Karyn Hearn Slover
Larry Hearn
Karyn Slover
Donna
John K. Greanias
Michael Slover Jr
Michael Slover Sr
Jeannette Slover
Greanias
Slover
Dove Inc
Jay Scott
Kolten
Hearn
Slover Jr
Karyn
Cerro Gordo
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