Thursday, June 10, 2010

Daley: Taxpayers won't be on hook for Hawks rally - Chicago Breaking News

Daley did not name the sponsors who will pick up the tab, but pledged they will bear the full cost of city services.

city would also have to pay its employees involved in the parade and rally overtime if those festivities were held on a Saturday or Sunday.

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City Room™ - Metro - Red Light Cams Spark Tiff Between Cook County, Suburbs

 

The county board approved a pilot program to put the cameras at 30 suburban intersections along county-run roads. The cameras automatically generate tickets for people who run red lights.

Larson [Mayor of Schaumburg] says the disagreement is over jurisdiction: He says the county's never stepped in to enforce local traffic laws, and shouldn't do so now.

City Room™ - Metro - Red Light Cams Spark Tiff Between Cook County, Suburbs

U.S. Arrests 2,200 In Mexico Drug Trafficking Sweep : NPR

 Project Deliverance, focused on the transportation networks that carry methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin and marijuana into the United States, with return trips of drug proceeds and weapons….

More than 400 of the arrests were made Wednesday.

The Drug Enforcement Administration, the FBI and Immigration and Customs Enforcement worked on the effort with state and local law enforcement agencies.

U.S. Arrests 2,200 In Mexico Drug Trafficking Sweep : NPR

Gov. Pat Quinn won't veto Illinois state budget - chicagotribune.com

 

image Quinn's apparent intention to sign the budget comes after Rep. Jack Franks, D-Marengo, called for Quinn to reject the spending plan lawmakers approved last month. Franks voted against the budget and has said lawmakers should return to Springfield and come up with a comprehensive solution.

"We're not going to do that," Quinn said of Franks' veto request.

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