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Alexi Giannoulias
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by Adam Doster
9:34am
Tue Jun 16, 2009
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Quinn, Giannoulias Stand With Congress Hotel Strikers

Chicago City Council

When 115 service workers at the Congress Hotel in downtown Chicago
voted unanimously to strike in 2003, nobody expected their action to
drag on for very long. After all, the workers requested nothing more
than the standard wages and benefits enjoyed by the employees of ...

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by Josh Kalven
1:40pm
Mon Jun 15, 2009
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IL-SEN: Giannoulias Launches "Grassroots For Alexi"

Alexi Giannoulias

As part of an effort to engage online supporters as he prepares to run for U.S. Senate, State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias launched a "Grassroots for Alexi" site today.  The site allows those interested to sign up for volunteer activities or to set up their own ...

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by Progress Illinois
10:21am
Mon Jun 15, 2009

Bright Start Negotiations At "Critical Juncture"

Alexi Giannoulias

Over the weekend, the Wall Street Journal became the latest to report that State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias has reached a "tentative agreement" with Oppenheimer Funds to recoup a large share of the losses in a college savings fund that plummeted last year.  The ...

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by Josh Kalven
11:17am
Thu Jun 11, 2009
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Giannoulias Assails Kirk's "Reckless Actions"

Alexi Giannoulias

On Tuesday, we noted the growing controversy over GOP Rep. Mark Kirk's claim that he told Chinese officials not to believe the budget numbers coming from the Obama administration.  At a Center for Strategic and International Studies event, Kirk said that he communicated this ...

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by Josh Kalven
3:47pm
Tue Jun 9, 2009

Silence From Three Statewide Officials

Lisa Madigan

The AP points out today that three of Illinois' statewide officials have avoided taking a firm stance on whether the state should raise the income tax rate:

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by Adam Doster
11:54am
Mon Jun 8, 2009
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A Bright Conclusion To Bright Start Controversy?

Education

The deal is still tentative, but it looks like families who suffered considerable losses last year via Illinois' Bright Start college savings program may be in for some good news. At the beginning of the year, we learned that risky, hidden trades by Oppenheimer Funds, ...

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by Josh Kalven
7:16pm
Mon Jun 1, 2009

Hartmarx Workers Live To Fight Another Day

Labor

Today marked a critical juncture for the employees of bankrupt suitmaker Hartmarx, Inc.  This evening they can breath a sigh of relief. 

Two hours ago, in federal bankruptcy court, Judge Bruce W. Black approved British private equity firm Emerisque as the "stalking ...

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by Progress Illinois
5:49pm
Fri May 15, 2009

Credit Card Craziness

Congress

Another update from Springfield: State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias' Credit Card Marketing Act (HB 2352) passed unanimously out of the Illinois Senate today.
The bill is intended to rein in the multi-million dollar marketing
agreements struck between credit card companies ...

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by Josh Kalven
1:43pm
Mon May 11, 2009
2 comments

Hartmarx Workers Approve Potential Sit-In, Giannoulias Reaches Out To Other Treasurers

Banking

At their Des Plaines plant this morning, Hart Schaffner Marx workers voted unanimously to occupy the plant if the company's ongoing bankruptcy proceedings lead to liquidation.  "Are you with me?" Workers United local president Ruby Sims asked hundreds of her fellow ...