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They're not booing, they're saying "Loooooou." Or maybe they are booing.
Change of SubjectSunday we published a muscular attack on our own editorial board penned by Democratic State Rep. Lou Lang of Skokie: For years the editorial page has loudly bellowed for and against Illinois pension proposals and petulantly insulted and denigrated... -
Letters: A perfect storm in politics
Re "501(c)(4)s are the real IRS scandal," Column, May 15 Michael Hiltzik is right. The IRS should put every tax-exempt 501(c)(4) organization under a microscope. Vague tax rules, the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision and the absurd cost of...Tags: Politics, Internal Revenue Service, Taxation, Elections, Interior Policy
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IRS problem started with vague tax exemption rules
WASHINGTON — In spring 2010, agents in the Cincinnati office of the Internal Revenue Service, which handles applications for tax-exempt status, faced a surge of filings by new advocacy groups, with little guidance on how to treat them. Their...
Tags: Federal Election Commission, Crime, Law and Justice, Parties and Movements, Tea Party Movement, Lawyers
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IRS is ham-handed, but ...
Your personal feelings about the tea party shouldn't matter one bit when looking at the current Internal Revenue Service brouhaha. The whole thing smells rotten. It was ham-handed treatment by the IRS. And President Obama did the only thing he could...Tags: George W. Bush, Politics, Palm Beach Gardens, Internal Revenue Service, Taxation
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Rich Danker: For real pension reform, inequality must be stressed
Just a few years ago, pension reform appeared inevitable. The drop in asset prices during the financial crisis had left public pension funds trillions of dollars behind on meeting future obligations. The defined benefit model was under fire as unduly...Tags: Retirement, Career and Workplace, Jack Latvala, Interior Policy, Florida Legislature
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Madigan says universities, community colleges willing to share pension costs
— House Speaker Michael Madigan on Thursday announced that he has struck a preliminary deal with the state's universities and community colleges that will require them to slowly pick up the cost of teacher pensions over several years even as tuition...
Tags: Schools, Illinois Governor, Urbana (Champaign, Illinois), Pat Quinn, Southern Illinois University
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NBA owners vote to reject Sacramento Kings' proposed move to Seattle
NBA owners voted Wednesday to reject the Sacramento Kings' proposed move to Seattle, the latest in a long line of cities that have tried to land the franchise. The 22-8 vote in Dallas followed a recommendation made last month by the NBA's relocation...
Tags: Executive Branch, New Jersey Turnpike, Minority Groups, National Basketball Association, New York Jets
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Obama ousts IRS chief over inquiry
WASHINGTON — President Obama forced out the head of the IRS on Wednesday, seeking to restore the public's faith in the tax agency while asserting a measure of control over a rapidly growing political problem. Making a hastily scheduled statement...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Eric Holder, Lawyers, Tea Party Movement, Interior Policy
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Emanuel to shift retired city workers to Obamacare
Clout StreetMayor Rahm Emanuel plans to start reducing health insurance coverage next year for more than 30,000 retired city workers and begin shifting them to President Barack Obama's new federal system. The move is aimed at saving the city money and comes as...Tags: Health Insurance, Public Employees, Collective Contract, Career and Workplace, Rahm Emanuel
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Our coddled public school teachers
Letter writer Mel Novit says that he and his wife are both retired teachers (“Retired teachers,” Voice of the People, May 13). He complains that House Speaker Michael Madigan’s plan to save the teacher pension system from insolvency is...Tags: Schools, Politics, Teachers, Education, Teaching and Learning
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Voice of the People, May. 16
Lang's language This is in response to "Tribune's pension scold way off mark" (Perspective, May 12), by Rep. Lou Lang, D-Skokie, deputy majority leader of the Illinois House. Lang clearly has spent quite a bit of time polishing his ability to compose his...Tags: Public Employees, Skokie, La Grange Park, Career and Workplace, Illinois General Assembly
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The real IRS scandal
It's strange how "scandal" gets defined these days in Washington. At the moment, everyone is screaming about the "scandal" of the Internal Revenue Service scrutinizing conservative nonprofits before granting them tax-exempt status. Here are the...Tags: Human Interest, Crime, Law and Justice, Parties and Movements, Personal Weapon Control, Tea Party Movement
May 13, 2013
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May 17, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 16, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 16, 2013
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
May 14, 2013
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
May 17, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
May 15, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 15, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 15, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
May 15, 2013
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May 16, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
May 14, 2013
|Column| Los Angeles Times
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