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Wednesday, April 25th, 2012
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Capitol Fax: Today’s posts
Wednesday, April 25th, 2012- Quinn aides: Governor isn’t backing away from a pension shift
- Quinn doesn’t want a rush to the exists, but he won’t say how he will stop the inevitable
- Time for a rule change
- Question of the day
- *** UPDATED x1 *** George Will: Investor perceptions require stripping unions of power
- Quinn steps away from pension cost-shift plan
- Goose, gander, etc.
- *** LIVE SESSION COVERAGE ***
- Clarke campaign Website address created almost two months before Johnson’s retirement
- LIVE COVERAGE: Gov. Quinn interviewed by SJ-R editorial board
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY – Supplement to today’s edition
- Medicaid Cuts – Prescription for Disaster
- Quote of the day
‘Plastic bag, wrapper recycling bill heads to Illiniois House’
Wednesday, April 25th, 2012SPRINGFIELD — Illinois lawmakers are pushing for a statewide plastic bag and wrapper recycling program, the first of its kind in the country.
The bill, sponsored by state Rep. Michael Tryon, R-Crystal Lake, requires plastic bag and wrapper manufacturers to establish collection sites within 10 miles of Illinois residents in 90 percent of counties by 2014.
“We could do nothing and recycle 2 percent of our bags next year, or we could put in a statewide program and make it to 13 percent,” said Tryon.
Read the complete post HERE.
‘Study: Medicaid cuts would hurt Illinois economy’
Wednesday, April 25th, 2012SPRINGFIELD — Two health-care advocacy groups are predicting thousands of job losses and billions of dollars in economic damage to Illinois, if Gov. Pat Quinn’s plan to conjure $2.7 billion in savings from the Medicaid program is implemented.
Quinn’s plan would jeopardize 25,615 jobs and cost the state’s economy $3.2 billion, according to a report released Wednesday by the Illinois Hospital Association, which lobbies for Illinois hospitals, and the Campaign for Better Health Care, an organization that advocates for health-care access
“Drastic Medicaid cuts hurt everyone, not just the Medicaid patients. Hospitals will be forced to reduce jobs. Local businesses will be impacted,” Illinois Hospital Association President Maryjane Wurth said. “And hospitals will be forced to cut or eliminate medical services that everyone uses — there is not a separate set of staff, equipment and facilities just for Medicaid patients.”
Read the complete report HERE.
‘Audit: Overhaul workers’ comp system for Illinois workers’
Wednesday, April 25th, 2012SPRINGFIELD — Illinois’ Workers’ Compensation Program has “numerous shortcomings” and is “ill designed to protect the state’s best interests,” according to a state audit released Wednesday.
Auditor General Bill Holland’s report urges lawmakers to change the program for state employees because of “extensive problems.”
Between 2007 and 2010, state workers filed 26,101 workers’ compensation claims with more than half from the state Departments of Human Services and Corrections.
Read the complete report HERE.
AlterNet: Hot News & Views
Wednesday, April 25th, 2012- Feds Make First Arrest in BP Oil Spill Case
By Angela Lee | AlterNet - ‘Who Bombed Judi Bari?’ New Documentary Looks at the Risks of Activism
|By Stefanie Penn Spear | EcoWatch - Brooklyn Grocery Store Workers Push for Back Wages, Community Plans Boycott
By Sarah Jaffe | AlterNet - BP Covered Up Another Well Blowout 2 Years Before Gulf Disaster
By Tara Lohan | AlterNet
AlterNet: Progressive Wire
Wednesday, April 25th, 2012- Controversial Arizona Law Reaches Supreme Court
By NPR Online - Net Migration from Mexico Has Been at Zero Since 2007, Deportations Still at Record High
By Jorge Rivas | ColorLines - Burger King To Eliminate Gestation Crates, Chicken Cages By 2017
By The Huffington Post News Editors | Huffington Post - Obama Slips With Young Voters, White Voters
By Riley Wilson | The Loop 21 - Top Congress Scholar Says Country Could Easily Fall Off Fiscal Cliff In January
By Brian Beutler | TPMDC - Sarkozy rules out deal with far right
By Agence France Presse - New Pentagon spy agency to focus on Iran, China
By Agence France Presse
AlterNet: Hot News & Views
Wednesday, April 25th, 2012- Election Results in Pennsylvania: Two Fewer Blue Dogs
By BooMan | Booman Tribune - FYI: Planned Parenthood Warns that Lila Rose’s Group Has Planned Another “Sting”
By Digby | Hullabaloo - Adios, Newt? CNN Says Candidate to Drop Out
By Sarah Seltzer | AlterNet - Half of College Grads Under 25 are Unemployed or Underemployed
By Laura Clawson | Daily Kos - Philadelphia School District to Effectively Come to an End, Making Way for Privatization, Union-Busting
By Sarah Seltzer | AlterNet - Eliot Spitzer Finds Progressive Perch on Current TV – Talks Wal-Mart, Romney & Austerity Politics
By Lynn Parramore | AlterNet - Over-Zealous Prosecutors Bringing Charges Against Addicted Moms
By Jill Filipovic | Feministe - Protests Hit Facebook for Its All-Male Board
By Sarah Seltzer | AlterNet - Mitt’s Missing Piece: What He’s Actually Going to Do
By Ed Kilgore | Washington Monthly - While Romney Attacks, Obama Chills: He “Slow Jams the News” With Jimmy Fallon
By Sarah Seltzer | AlterNet
Peoria Pundit: Attorney: Dan Irving was set up by his ex-wife
Wednesday, April 25th, 2012According to Irving’s attorney, Dan O’Day: “This case only started when Amy Irving wanted to get out of a marriage to re-unite with a person she has had previous relationships with. Amy Irving created a scorched earth attack and did everything in her power to publically attempt to destroy the character and integrity of my client in order to justify her actions. Once she divorced Dan Irving on December 5, 2011, she got engaged to her old sweetheart on December 7, 2011.”
Read the complete post HERE.
Peoria Station: The EJ&E Had a Brief History in the Peoria Area
Wednesday, April 25th, 2012It would be a stretch, but you could say the EJ&E is back!
March 31 marked the 32nd anniversary of the court-ordered liquidation of the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Co. The day after the Rock Island entered its death throes, and for a few days afterward, competitors and friendly connections provided service to customers that would otherwise have been cut off from the nation’s rail network.
Perhaps one of the most unusual operations was that of the Elgin Joliet & Eastern Railway. The day following the Rock Island’s shutdown, the US Steel-owned belt line began operations on the Rock’s east-west mainline from Joliet to Bureau Jct. thence down to Peoria. Also operated was the Kellar Branch.
Read the complete post HERE.
Widmer’s Peoria Watch: New Zoo Entrance and Parking Lot
Wednesday, April 25th, 2012I blogged in error that I saw no progress at the zoo new entrance and parking lot. The Barton financed project is well underway. My lame excuse is that I only play on the tennis courts and did not drive the perimeter of the park or I would have noticed. I did note the removal of two tennis courts which will limit tournament play this summer. However, 7 clay courts, unusual for a community this size, and also 4 lighted hard courts are available in upper and lower Glen Oak Park.
Read the complete post HERE.
Dilbert
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AlterNet: Progressive Wire
Wednesday, April 25th, 2012- New Pentagon spy agency to focus on Iran, China
By Agence France Presse - Live Blog: Bradley Manning’s April Motion Hearing
By Kevin Gosztola | Firedoglake - Bribery Accusations Hurt Wal-Mart’s Stock Price
By NPR Online - California Voters Will Face Death Penalty Repeal in November
By Jorge Rivas | ColorLines - Missouri Advances “Don’t Say Gay” Bill
By Nadra Kareem Nittle | The Loop 21 - GOP Obscures Its Role In Blocking Immigration Reform
By Sahil Kapur | TPMDC - Women Of Color Directed Just One Percent Of TV Shows Last Season
By Maurice Garland | The Loop 21
AlterNet: News & Views
Wednesday, April 25th, 2012- Occupy v. Whole Foods? Activists Take Over Land Slated for Development and Start a Farm
By Jeff Conant | AlterNet - Mr. Empathy: Sean Hannity Doesn’t Really Believe Anyone Goes to Bed Hungry
By Digby | Hullabaloo - Ann Romney’s Gaffe: ‘I Love The Fact That There Are Women Out There Who Don’t Have A Choice,’ ‘Must Go To Work’
By Alex Seitz-Wald | Think Progress - Colbert Slams Fox’s Doocy for Misreporting Obama Quote
By Sarah Seltzer | AlterNet - Liberty U Students Upset By Romney’s Invitation–Because School Has Taught Them Mormons Aren’t Christian
By Hunter | Daily Kos - Thank the NRA for This Disturbing Fashion Trend: Clothes to Conceal Your Gun
By Sarah Seltzer | AlterNet - Death on the Border: Shocking Video Shows Mexican Immigrant Beaten and Tased by Border Patrol Agents
By Amy Goodman | Democracy Now! - Walker Failing Wisconsinites
By BooMan | Booman Tribune - Representatives: Why Was “Taxpayer Money Helping Train Overseas Call Center Competitors”?
By Sarah Seltzer | AlterNet - Good News! EEOC Rules That Gender-Identity Discrimination Is Covered by Title VII
By Melissa McEwan | Shakesville - War on Women: What if Pharmacist Could Deny Any Medication Due To “Conscience”?
By Sarah Seltzer | AlterNet
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