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Ka-boom! Teachers destroy barrier to a strike --- Reformers, school officials are hoist with their own petard
Change of SubjectThe cartoon image in my mind's eye today is of Mayor Rahm Emanuel, his schools chiefJean-Claude Brizard and various public education reform advocates standing in a semicircle, their clothes and faces speckled with the sooty residue of an explosion. Their.... -
State budget sent to Quinn
Clout StPosted by Ray Long and Monique Garcia at 9:45 p.m. SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Senate tonight sent a budget to Gov. Pat Quinn, but are holding out hope to spend a little more on education and social services. Senators approved...... -
Why the mandatory-moment-of-silence ruling deserves the raspberry
Change of SubjectFrom Judge Ann Claire William's dissent in Friday's 2-1 Federal Appellate Court ruling (.pdf) in Sherman v. Koch upholding an Illinois law mandating that public school students begin their day with a moment of silence: Let’s call a spade a...... -
Sweeping teacher union reforms surfacing in Springfield
Clout StPosted by Ray Long and Todd Wilson at 2:10 p.m.; updated at 4:59 p.m. SPRINGFIELD --- Sweeping education reforms that would make it tougher for teachers to strike and easier for districts to fire poor teachers and lengthen the school...... -
Emanuel, Daley profess 'one mayor at a time' while sharing the stage
Clout StEditor's note: The following story was set to run in Monday's paper. It even briefly made an appearance on the home page Sunday night. And then the Osama bin Laden news hit and it ended up on the cutting-room floor....... -
Mayor Emanuel's inaugural speech
Change of SubjectToday, more than any other time in our history, more than any other place in our country, the city of Chicago is ready for change. For all the parents who deserve a school system that expects every student to earn...... -
Read Rahm Emanuel's inaugural speech
Clout StPosted by Tribune staff at 11:50 a.m. Here is new Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's inaugural speech as prepared for delivery: Honored guests, Mr. Vice President, Dr. Biden, Mayor Daley, First Lady Maggie Daley, Members of the City Council and other...... -
Lawmakers look to tighten up who votes on Chicago teacher strike
Clout StPosted by Ray Long at 2:50 p.m. SPRINGFIELD ---State lawmakers today started to clarify who gets to weigh in should the Chicago Teachers Union ever decide to pursue a strike vote. At the heart of the matter was the wording...... -
Lawmakers send governor major Illinois income tax increase
Clout StUPDATED AT 1:22 a.m. - Senate passes income tax increase, bill goes to governor. SPRINGFIELD — Democratic state lawmakers muscled through a major income tax increase early Wednesday that they said would rehabilitate the state’s deadbeat image, but... -
Quinn congratulates Democrats on income tax increase
Clout StPosted by Ray Long and Monique Garcia at 2:15 a.m. A triumphant Gov. Pat Quinn congratulated fellow Democrats early today after the Illinois Senate and House sent him a major income tax increase without a single Republican vote in favor....... -
Quinn on tax hike: 'Our fiscal house was burning'
Clout StPosted by Ray Long at 12:01 p.m. Gov. Pat Quinn said today he will sign a major income tax increase as soon as it hits his desk and rejected criticism that he had misled taxpayers by saying during his campaign...... -
Editorial: The obstructionists, Part 4
Former White House chief of staff Bill Daley, who's exploring a run for governor, took a stab at Illinois' pension stalemate Monday. He had some good ideas for how Gov. Pat Quinn could force the issue — starting with a promise to veto any faux...
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