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Illinois voters on Tuesday won't just have the chance to decide on who'll be their next governor or state representative. They'll be asked if Illinois…
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This story first appeared as Illinois Issues' State of the State column in the October 2014 edition of the magazine.Twenty-fourteen was going to be a…
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Illinois' ability to change retirement benefits of government workers is limited because of a provision in the state Constitution. But what about trying…
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Twenty-fourteen was going to be a banner year for direct democracy in Illinois. At one point, it was possible voters would be asked to weigh in on as many…
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Backers of a plan to institute legislative term limits in Illinois are putting public pressure on the state Supreme Court to get involved, and…
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Even though Illinois' general election is months away, a controversial ballot question could be answered by the end of this week. Friday is the deadline…
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Even as a lawsuit could nullify them, the state board of elections has begun a tedious — but necessary — task of preparing a pair of proposed…
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State elections authorities are beginning to go through 37,535 sheets of paper, filled with voters' signatures. An organization trying to change how…
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A lawsuit seeking to keep two citizen's initiatives from ever coming before voters has been filed. Although the case makes no mention of how it will…
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Even as Democrats killed off one proposal to institute term limits in Illinois, another is moving ahead.First, the one that for all practical purposes is…