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Animal Welfare League's Second Annual Family Petnic
Staff reporterJoin the Animal Welfare League for their Second Annual Family Petnic on Sunday, June 3, 2012, at 10 am at Elizabeth Conkey Woods South, Picnic Grove #1. Bring your family (both two and four legged), friends, chairs, canopies, umbrellas to our picnic....Tags: Vaccines, Pets, Politics, Interior Policy
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Animal Welfare League Presents: Mission: Pawsible
Promotions InternOn Saturday June 11 the Animal Welfare League will host Mission Pawsible! AWL's Largest Adoption & Donation Drive of the Year! Help Us Fill the Van With Donations and Empty the Cages of Adoptable Animals! When: Saturday, June 11, 2011 Where:...Tags: Human Interest, Animals, Politics, Interior Policy, Broadview
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Daley Nephew Resigns Amid Federal Probe
(WGN-AM)- Mayor Richard Daley's nephew Robert Vanecko has quit a real estate firm under federal investigation. The company, DV Urban Realty, announced Vanecko's resignation today, less than two weeks after federal prosecutors sent subpoenas to city...Tags: Chicago Tribune, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, Richard M. Daley, Politics
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Illinois House Votes to Fund State Pensions Fully
(WGN-AM) - In another blow to Governor Quinn's budget, the Illinois House voted to make the state's full annual payment to government retirement systems. Quinn had proposed trimming the payment by $2.2 billion, justifying the reduction by calling for...Tags: State Budgets, Career and Workplace, Interior Policy, Wages and Pensions, Elections
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Ill. House Approves Borrowing To Retain Social Services
(WGN-AM)- The Illinois House approved a plan today aimed at scaling back potential cuts in social services with more than $2.2 billion in short-term borrowing for public pensions.
But even supporters acknowledged the new funding leaves the state spending...Tags: State Budgets, Society, Chicago Tribune, Skokie, Crime, Law and Justice
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ACLU Files Suit To Maintain Ill. Foster Care Funding
(WGN-AM)- Attorneys for the American Civil Liberties Union filed suit in federal court today, asking a judge to stop the state child welfare system from eliminating counseling and increasing caseloads as is proposed if a state doomsday budget becomes a...Tags: Robert Harris, Chicago Tribune, Crime, Law and Justice, Government Debt, Judges
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Chicago Fund Owner Accused Of Embezzlement, Fraud
(WGN-AM)- About $24 million from union pension funds went into the pocket of the president and co-owner of a Chicago investment firm instead of legitimate expenses or investments, federal authorities charged today. John A. Orecchio, 43, formerly of...Tags: Corporate Crime, Chicago Tribune, Crime, Law and Justice, Investments, Interior Policy
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After Nephew's Resignation, Daley Cancels Public Appearances
(WGN-AM)- Mayor Richard Daley abruptly backed out of all his scheduled public appearances for the third straight day. The absence from the public eye comes as the mayor has yet to address the latest developments in the controversy surrounding his nephew,...Tags: Providence (Providence, Rhode Island), Career and Workplace, Employees, Chicago Tribune, Crime, Law and Justice
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Hefty payouts, but few regrets
Former Sen. Art Berman will draw a state legislative pension of $209,520 this year, highest among his peers and more than three times what he made as a lawmaker.
Former state Rep. Judy Erwin will collect $167,523, a pension spiked by a high-paying...Tags: Corporate Officers, Emil Jones, Religion and Belief, Jim Edgar, Chicago Tribune
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Allentown school taxes could rise nearly 5%
The Allentown School Board moved closer to passing its final budget for 2012-13 Thursday when it approved a $235 million spending plan that includes a nearly 5 percent tax hike. The board's 8-1 vote approving the final proposed budget means a property...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Teachers, Allentown, Interior Policy, Government
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When it came to pensions, state officials looked out for No. 1
A year after Emil Jones Jr. retired from the Illinois Senate in 2008, his annual pension jumped by more than 50 percent to $122,334 — far more than he ever earned as Senate president.
Jones' good fortune comes courtesy of legislation he sponsored...Tags: Civil and Public Service, Illinois General Assembly, Economy, Business and Finance, Emil Jones, Career and Workplace
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City police officer settles lawsuit over shootings
A Baltimore police sergeant who claimed he was never treated for post-traumatic stress disorder after he fatally shot a man in 2005 has settled a lawsuit against the city, in a deal that allows him to retire with his pension, according to court...
Tags: George Nilson, Baltimore County, Employment Opportunities, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
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