Emil Jones

Obama's new fundraising speech: 2008 was really bad, so I need a second term

2011-08-04 04:36:33

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Monday's Democratic National Convention schedule

2008-08-25 04:38:06

Monday, Aug. 25: ONE NATION Session begins at 3 p.m. Mountain Time, which is 2 p.m. Pacific and 5 p.m. Eastern. 3 p.m - 7 p.m. Call to Order The Honorable Howard Dean Chair, Democratic National Committee Former Governor of Vermont Invocation The...

Fresh face or old-school player?

2007-09-08 00:00:00

He managed to burnish a reformer's reputation while swimming in the muddy waters of special-interest- infested state politics. He worked on a nice-guy image while practicing the hardball and brawling tactics of Chicago-style politics. Now, promoting...

The one in which I talk about the scramble to replace Jesse Jackson Jr.

2012-11-26 16:32:25

New vote sought for Illinois gay marriage law

2013-01-03 04:34:00

— If anyone thought gay marriage legislation would pass easily in Illinois, the initial hiccup Wednesday in the state Senate illustrated how hard-fought the issue is likely to be every step of the way. A bill to allow same-sex marriage did not...

Mr. Madigan's bill, Ms. Purkey's pension

2012-09-25 00:00:00

Gail Purkey wasn't employed by the state of Illinois long enough during the 1980s to earn a state pension. Her stint with House Speaker Michael Madigan's legislative staff, plus her time at the Illinois Arts Council, an agency chaired by Madigan's wife,...

Quinn's choice to run Illinois Sports Facilities Authority filed for bankruptcy in '09

2012-10-05 00:00:00

Gov. Pat Quinn's choice to run the state agency that oversees the financial operations of U.S. Cellular Field filed for bankruptcy three years ago after racking up $102,500 in debt, mainly from credit cards, court records show. The revelation follows...

State paying 6-figure pension to ex-teachers union lobbyist

2012-09-23 00:00:00

— A former lobbyist for a powerful teachers union is reaping a $100,000-a-year state pension thanks to wide-ranging retirement legislation sponsored nearly six years ago by her former boss, House Speaker Michael Madigan, and his legislative allies....

Hefty payouts, but few regrets

2012-05-25 00:00:00

Former Sen. Art Berman will draw a state legislative pension of $209,520 this year, highest among his peers and more than three times what he made as a lawmaker. Former state Rep. Judy Erwin will collect $167,523, a pension spiked by a high-paying...

When it came to pensions, state officials looked out for No. 1

2012-05-25 00:00:00

A year after Emil Jones Jr. retired from the Illinois Senate in 2008, his annual pension jumped by more than 50 percent to $122,334 — far more than he ever earned as Senate president. Jones' good fortune comes courtesy of legislation he sponsored...

Digging a pension hole

2011-12-15 21:43:00

Illinois' pension system was in precarious enough shape in 1994 that Democrats and Republicans came together to solve a crisis threatening the state's financial future. The agreement they forged was supposed to take politics out of pension funding by...

Generous rules govern aldermen's pensions

2012-05-01 05:29:00

When Chicago aldermen floated a proposal in 1987 to boost their city pensions dramatically, Mayor Harold Washington's administration dismissed it as an arrogant ploy that lacked even a cursory cost analysis. Three years later, the proposal still didn't...

Illinois Senate President John Cullerton (center) has a laugh with Illinois State Senators Emil Jones III (left) and Don Harmon (right) at the Illinois Senate Democratic Victory Fund election night event at Harry Caray's in Chicago.

2012-11-06 00:00:00

Former Senate President Emil Jones, Jr., left, visits with current Senate President John Cullerton (D-Chicago), right, at the State Capitol in Springfield last year.

2012-05-24 16:03:00

Former Senate President Emil Jones, Jr. attends the Senate Inauguration at the State Capitol in Springfield.

2011-01-12 00:00:00