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We know that they want to keep up their staffing
We'd love to be able to fully fund education but this is not draconian ... It really does provide a very good base. And until we deal with pensions, which clearly are an ongoing issue, we're going to continue to have pressures.
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Lawmakers look to trim Quinn hiring plan
Senators also may reduce the number of new workers Quinn wants in the overcrowded state prison system, said state Sen. Heather Steans, D-Chicago, who is helping to craft the budget blueprint in the Senate. Cuts to Quinn’s request could be even deeper in the from Journal Gazette & Times-Courier Read more »
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State Senate Democrats want more school money, not cuts
July 1, largely because of the pressure of mounting pension obligations. But lawmakers should ditch that plan, Sens. Heather Steans and Dan Kotowski said in an interview with The Associated Press. Steans, of Chicago, and Kotowski, from Park Ridge, discussed from Daily Chronicle Read more »
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Senate Democrats want more school money, not cuts
next year. Key budget negotiators say the money would help schools keep pace with funding levels this year. Sens. Heather Steans and Dan Kotowski told The Associated Press the money for K-12 schools would be $306 million more than Gov. Pat Quinn proposed in from Quad-Cities Online Read more »
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Illinois Gay Marriage Bill OKed In Committee, Advances To Full House Vote
Senate Executive committee hearing at the Illinois State Capitol Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013 in Springfield Ill. Illinois Sen. Heather Steans, D-Chicago, a supporter for same sex marriage, looks on. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman) Both supporters and those opposing same from The Huffington Post Read more »
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For new schools in Bedford Park, UNO would seek annexation into city
funding for new charter schools. To build even more schools, UNO officials say they need more money. State Sen. Heather Steans (D-Chicago), who last month proposed giving another $35.2 million to UNO, says that effort is stalled. The Chicago Sun-Times reporled from Chicago Sun-Times Read more »
