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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


State political leaders open negotiations in fifth month without a budget

December 2, 2015

Illinois Budget Crisis Top Illinois political leaders met Tuesday in Springfield for the first time since May to negotiate the five-month state budget impasse. At the urging of political reform...

Evanston representative Daniel Biss drops out of comptroller race

November 23, 2015

State Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) announced Monday he would exit the race for Illinois comptroller. Biss entered the race to challenge Republican incumbent Leslie Munger last spring. Shortly thereafter,...

State Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) hosted a town hall meeting at the Evanston Public Library on Monday. He discussed issues related to income tax and pension reform.

Biss discusses state income tax, pension funding at Evanston town hall

April 21, 2014

State Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) discussed changing Illinois’ flat-rate income tax to a graduated one in a town hall meeting Monday night. Biss called the present code “idiosyncratic,” telling...

House Speaker Michael Madigan's amendment to a Senate pension reform bill passed a House pensions committee Wednesday.

Amended pension reform bill passes House committee

May 1, 2013

Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan pushed a revised pension reform bill through a House pension committee Wednesday in a near unanimous vote. Madigan made amendments to the bill, which squeezed...

Illinois to vote on pension-related constitutional amendment

October 26, 2012

Illinois voters will decide in less than two weeks the future of a proposed amendment to the state constition regarding the threshold needed to pass pension increases. The amendment, HJRCA 49, would...

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