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Showing posts with label referenda. Show all posts
Showing posts with label referenda. Show all posts
Thursday, January 9, 2014

How minimal is minimum (when it comes to wages across the state of Ill.)?

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It has been awhile since I have had to work a job that paid minimum wage – so long that I recall being paid $3.25 an hour. RAUNER: $7.25...
Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Does City Council need a jolt from the public to get them to act properly?

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Council chambers weren't quite this empty, but it wasn't far off either. Photograph provided by City of Chicago. On the one hand,...
Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Referenda are what an election’s about

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A part of me has always thought referenda were the unappreciated part of an Election Day’s activities. While it is usually the “top of the t...
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Chicago's far South Side, Illinois, United States
I am a Chicago-area freelance writer who has reported on various political and legal beats. I wrote "Hispanic" issues columns for United Press International, observed up close the Statehouse Scene in Springfield, Ill., the Cook County Board in Chicago and municipal government in places like Calumet City, Ill., and Gary, Ind. For a time, I also wrote about agriculture. Trust me when I say the symbolic stench of partisan politics (particularly when directed against people due to their ethnicity) is far nastier than any odor that could come from a farm animal.
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