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Hearing on Pontiac prison closure draws large crowd |
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 August 22, 2008
Almost 2,000 people crowded into the Pontiac Township High School on Wednesday to attend the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability’s (COGFA) hearing on Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s proposal to close
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As a member of COGFA, Radogno attended the August 20 hearing. She said that testimony revealed that closing the prison will come at a serious cost to the community, which is home to approximately 12,000 residents. As the area’s second-largest employer, the impact would be devastating; 570 jobs would be lost and many people would be forced to uproot their families and move. |
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Radogno votes against recommended pay increase |
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 August 12, 2008
Springfield, Ill. – A resolution rejecting a recent Compensation Review Board recommendation urging a Cost of Living Increase (COLA) for General Assembly members, judges, constitutional officers, the Auditor General and certain appointed officers was adopted by the Illinois Senate, Tuesday, August 12.
State Senator Christine Radogno (R-Lemont) was a sponsor of House Joint Resolution 132 and voted to reject the pay raise, noting that it would be irresponsible of lawmakers to approve their own pay increases considering the state’s current fiscal condition. |
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Radogno proposes legislation to roll back Cook County sales tax |
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August 8, 2008
Springfield, Ill. -  On Friday, August 8, State Senator Christine Radogno joined fellow colleagues Senate Republican Leader Frank Watson (R-Greenville) and State Senator Matt Murphy (R-Palatine) to announce a proposal to roll back Cook County’s sales tax rate.
Radogno explained that the measure would allow the General Assembly to reduce the Cook County sales tax rate from 1.75 percent to 0.75 percent, as a way to provide some financial relief for Cook County consumers. The legislation would also require any future tax increases to be voted on through referendum before the tax increase could take effect. |
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Cindy Bischof Law Signed by Governor |
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 August 4, 2008
Springfield, Ill. – On August 4, Gov. Rod Blagojevich signed legislation sponsored by Senator Radogno that she says will help to better protect domestic violence victims from their abusers, by allowing the court system to order an abuser to wear a GPS tracking device as a condition of bail if the alleged domestic violence offender violated a restraining order against them.
Radogno was a sponsor of Senate Bill 2719, which was introduced following the murder of Cindy Bischof, who was killed by her former boyfriend despite filing numerous police complaints, and taking out an order of protection against him. |
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Radogno: Tribune exposes troubling grant abuses |
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 July 24, 2008
With Illinois’ state budget awash in red ink, it hardly seems like the time to squander nearly $5 million in tax dollars by handing out sweetheart grants to politically connected groups and individuals. But, a Chicago Tribune investigation reveals that’s exactly what Illinois Senate Democrats have been doing.
Worse yet, the state’s Democrat Senators inserted the questionable grants into the state budget even though a previous Tribune investigation in 2006 revealed similar abuses.
But wait… there’s more. The Democrat Senators decided to nearly double the payoffs, to $9 million, for the coming year. |
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