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Posts tagged City Club of Chicago
Pritzker to Madigan: Answer up or step down
Guv grants House speaker is ‘innocent until proven guilty, but that’s not our standard for holding higher office’
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Michael Madigan, ComEd Bribery, ComEd, U.S. Justice Department, Michael McClain, Anne Pramaggiore, John Hooker, Jay Doherty, City Club of Chicago
Human services still on life support
Comptroller Mendoza says, on long-term costs, funding is not just a moral issue but a common-sense fiscal issue
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Ted CoxSusana Mendoza, Illinois Human Services, Illinois Social Services, Andrea Durbin, Lauren Wright, Illinois Collaboration on Youth, Illinois Partners for Human Services, City Club of Chicago, Bruce Rauner, J.B. Pritzker, Illinois Bill Backlog, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax
Illinois education improves, but not for all
Teacher shortage, racial equity, higher education remain problem areas
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Ted CoxAdvance Illinois, Robin Steans, Will Davis, Jesse Ruiz, Miguel del Valle, Illinois Education, Illinois Education Funding, Illinois Teacher Shortage, City Club of Chicago, Illinois Public Universities
Raja rips teen vaping as 'public-health epidemic'
Congressman calls JUUL’s marketing of nicotine-laced vaping devices ‘nothing short of breathtaking’
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Reproductive rights are everyone's rights
ACLU Illinois head Colleen Connell calls abortion rights ‘the proverbial canary in the constitutional coal mine’
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Colleen Connell, ACLU of Illinois, ACLU, City Club of Chicago, White Supremacists, White Nationalism, Constitutional Originalists, F. Roger Devlin, Abortion Rights, Reproductive Rights, Reproductive Health Act
No single solution to pension plight
Sen. Steans, Civic Federation’s Msall, IPI’s Schuster agree on problem, urge action
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Ted CoxIllinois Pension Crisis, Illinois Pensions, Illinois Pension Reform, Maggiano's Banquets, City Club of Chicago, Laurence Msall, Heather Steans, Adam Schuster, Illinois Policy Institute, Civic Federation, Kristen McQueary, J.B. Pritzker, Pritzker Fair Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Rahm Emanuel, John Cullerton, Lori Lightfoot
Duckworth touts infrastructure, education for nat'l security
‘It’s not either/or, it’s both/and,’ says senator
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Ted CoxU.S. National Security, U.S. Infrastructure, U.S. Education, U.S. Health Care, City Club of Chicago, Tammy Duckworth, Donald Trump, American Society of Civil Engineers, Mitch McConnell, U.S. Gun Control, G.I. Bill
Brady: Fair tax 'must be defeated'
Senate minority leader lauds bipartisan approach — but only up to a point
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Ted CoxBill Brady, J.B. Pritzker, Jim Durkin, City Club of Chicago, Illinois Capital Bill, Illinois Infrastructure, Illinois Minimum Wage, $15 Minimum Wage, Legal Marijuana, Illinois Legalization, Reproductive Health Act, Illinois Reproductive Rights, Pritzker Fair Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Property Taxes, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Nancy Pelosi, Donald Trump, Illinois Pensions, Gerrymandering
Bustos urges U.S. reps. to 'stay local'
Head of powerful Dem campaign committee presses issues over impeachment and ‘making sure we do more town halls than tweets’
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Ted CoxCheri Bustos, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Illinois Health Care, Illinois Infrastructure, Donald Trump, Nancy Pelosi, City Club of Chicago, Lauren Underwood, Sean Casten, Rural Broadband, William Barr
How Chicago got its groove back
Exit interview: Rahm touts ‘restored sense of confidence’ at final City Club appearance as mayor
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Deputy Gov. Hynes proposes pension solutions
‘Fair tax’ first step, followed by $2B pension bond and selling assets like Thompson Center
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Progressive groups protest against Harold
Erika Harold, candidate for attorney general, pledged to uphold state law and protect all Illinoisans against discrimination
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Ted CoxErika Harold, Julie Lynn, Mike Ziri, Planned Parenthood of Illinois, Equality Illinois, Sierra Club, Moms Demand Action, SEIU, NARAL, Barack Obama, Martin Luther King, Obamacare, Affordable Care Act, City Club of Chicagio, City Club of Chicago, Illinois Abortion Rights, Opioid Abuse, Workers' Compensation
