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Quinn Wants To Borrow Billions, Consolidate School Districts
Updated 02/16/11 – 4:47 p.m. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WBBM) – With an income tax hike already in effect, Gov. Pat Quinn has presented a budget plan that would not raise any new taxes or fees, but would still...
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Governor Pushing For Merger Of School Districts
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (CBS/AP) – Gov. Pat Quinn has proposed a plan to merge the state’s current 868 school districts into no more than 300, a move aimed at saving $100 million. The governor discussed the...
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West Side’s Tilton School Escapes Consolidation
CHICAGO (CBS/WBBM) – Community input has helped save a Chicago public school from consolidation. The Chicago Board of Education decided on Friday that George W. Tilton Elementary School at 223 N....
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CPS Scraps Plans To Close Another School
CHICAGO (CBS/WBBM) – Another plan to consolidate some Chicago Public Schools students has been scrapped, thanks to an outpouring of outrage from parents. CPS had planned to close Jacob Beidler...
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Emanuel: City Has Exceeded Pledge To Save $75 Million
CHICAGO (CBS) — Mayor Rahm Emanuel says the city has exceeded its pledge to save taxpayers $75 million for this year. The mayor says the city has saved more than $83 million in total, through a variety...
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Police Shut Down Another Protest At Mental Health Clinic
UPDATED 04/17/12 9:13 a.m. CHICAGO (CBS) — The fight is escalating to save a mental health clinic in the Woodlawn neighborhood, as protesters camp outside in the second high-profile demonstration in a...
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RTA To Weigh Money-Saving Consolidations Of CTA, Metra, Pace Operations
CHICAGO (CBS) — The chairman of the Regional Transportation Authority is floating a proposal he says could save taxpayers as much as $150 million a year. As WBBM Newsradio’s Pat Cassidy reports, a...
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CTA, Metra, Pace Gang Up On RTA Over Consolidations
CHICAGO (CBS) — When Regional Transportation Authority Chairman John Gates wrote last week urging the Chicago Transit Authority, Metra and Pace to work more closely together, he wasn’t anticipating the...
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Rauner Seeking More Government Consolidation
CHICAGO (CBS) — Gov. Bruce Rauner announced Friday he’s backing four pieces of legislation that would allow local governments to consolidate services in order to save money for taxpayers. The city of...
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Naperville Has No Plans To Annex Parts Of Neighboring Suburbs
CHICAGO (CBS) – Mayors of four West suburban municipalities are fighting mysterious petitions to consolidate the communities. The petitions filed with the court call for the villages of Warrenville,...
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