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Pasadena approves pension reform plus a raise
Pasadena City Council members voted last week to give themselves and many city workers a 3% salary increase next year, offsetting pension reforms that will cost municipal employees but save taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars. Two council...
Tags: Public Employees, Lobbying, Government, Civil and Public Service, Employees
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Pasadena boosts wages, makes workers pay more for benefits
Pasadena City Council members voted Monday to give themselves and many city workers a 3% salary increase next year, offsetting pension reforms that will cost municipal employees but save taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars. Two council members...
Tags: Public Employees, Lobbying, Government, Civil and Public Service, Employees
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King Madigan's pension plan unconcstitutional
My wife and I were public school educators for a combined 67 years. We followed all the rules and paid the required pension deductions from every paycheck. Illinois legislators, meanwhile, decided against providing required contributions to the Teachers&...Tags: Lombard, Illinois Supreme Court, Michael Madigan, Interior Policy, Politics
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Mail Call - May 24
“Starting 2006 to 2012, Morgan County took 10 steps forward. In the last four months, Morgan County has taken 30 steps backward.” — Berkeley Springs, W.Va. “This is another quote I decided to call in. Yes, indeed, children do...Tags: U.S. Congress, Medicare, Richard Nixon, Internal Revenue Service, Banking
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Cullerton pension bill best for workers
The We Are One Illinois coalition represents the hundreds of thousands of active and retired teachers, police officers, nurses, child protective workers and other public servants who never register on the Tribune’s elitist radar. In their name, we...Tags: AFL-CIO, Buffalo Grove, Elaine Nekritz, John J Cullerton, Politics
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Illinois pension troubles reduce talent pool, school officials say
Lake Forest High School District 115 Superintendent Michael Simeck said new restrictions on Illinois' pension program may render it more difficult to recruit out-of-state teachers and administrators. Simeck said a number of cost-reducing reforms that...
Tags: Elections, Illinois General Assembly, Lake Forest, Interior Policy, Politics
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IRS foul-up shows how bad laws breed good scandals
Much to my surprise, I find myself sympathizing with the Internal Revenue Service. Tenderness toward that agency isn't my default position. I'm a British expat living in the United States, with retirement savings locked up in Britain and other cross-...Tags: Elections, U.S. Congress, Internal Revenue Service, Social Services, National Rifle Association of America
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Mayo: Would you be a contract prima donna or a pro?
Sun Sentinel ColumnistIf you had a contract that would pay you nine months salary if you left your job, and you were entering the final year of that contract and it was apparent your bosses wouldn't be giving you a new one, what would you do? 1. Cop a bad attitude, bolt...Tags: Casino and Gambling, Lotteries, Lifestyle and Leisure, Coconut Creek, Interior Policy
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Editorial: Pass the Illinois House pension bill, not the weaker Senate bill
Dear John, We hope this note finds you and your Illinois Senate well. How fortunate that we can write a postscript to our "Dear President Cullerton," letter published Tuesday: We were relieved later in the day to finally see actuarial math attached to...
Tags: Illinois General Assembly, Chicago Tribune, Employees, Career and Workplace, Politics
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Savings from Senate pension plan cut by half
— Senate President John Cullerton's pension reform proposal would slice only about half of what he estimated it would immediately cut from the state's nearly $100 billion retirement system debt, a development that could boost chances for the rival...
Tags: Tom Cross, Charter Schools, Elaine Nekritz, Labor Legislation, John J Cullerton
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Incumbents faring well in Allentown City Council race
Despite threats of an ouster, Allentown's recently approved water and sewer lease proved to be a non-factor in the Allentown City Council race Tuesday as several incumbents held on to nominations for their seats. With the majority of precincts reporting...Tags: Elections, Shingles, Ed Pawlowski, Allentown, Interior Policy
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Newton R. Russell dies at 85; veteran California legislator
Newton R. Russell, a veteran state senator known as an expert on California's complex public pension system and a stickler for upholding legislative rules, died Saturday of lung cancer at his La Cañada Flintridge home, his family said. He was 85. A...
Tags: Elections, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Richard Nixon, Health and Safety at Work, Labor Legislation
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