The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) is an independent agency in the executive branch of the United States government created in 1935 to administer a social insurance program providing retirement benefits to the country's railroad workers.
Michael Joseph Madigan is an American politician who is the former speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives. He was the longest-serving leader of any state or federal legislative body in the history of the United States,having held the position for all but two years from 1983 to 2021. He served in the Illinois House from 1971 to 2021. He represented the 27th District from 1971 to 1983,the 30th district from 1983 to 1993,and the 22nd district from 1993 to 2021. This made him the body's longest-serving member and the last legislator elected before the Cutback Amendment.
Kenneth Dunkin is an American politician. Dunkin previously served as a Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives,representing the 5th District from December 2002 until January 2017 and as an appointed by Governor Bruce Rauner to fill a vacancy on the Board of Commissioners for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago in May 2018,serving until December of that same year.
University of Illinois Chicago School of Law is the law school of the University of Illinois Chicago,a public research university in Chicago,Illinois. Founded in 1899,it became affiliated with the university in 2019. The school offers programs for both part-time and full-time students,with both day and night classes available,and offers January enrollment.
Daniel J. Cronin is an American politician and attorney who served as county board chairman of DuPage County,Illinois from December 2010 until December 2022. A member of the Republican Party,he previously served in the Illinois General Assembly from 1991 through 2010.
The Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund is the second largest and best-funded public pension system in Illinois. Since 1941,has partnered with local units of government to provide retirement,disability and death benefits for public employees. With a funded status of about 98 percent and more than $50 billion in assets,IMRF is well-funded and sustainable.
William Aloysius Redmond (1908-1992) was a member of the Illinois House of Representatives representing portions of DuPage County from 1959 until his retirement in 1981. During the 79th,80th and 81st general assemblies,he served as Speaker of the House.
The State Universities Retirement System, or SURS, is an agency in the U.S. state of Illinois government that administers retirement,disability,death,and survivor benefits to eligible SURS participants and annuitants. Membership in SURS is attained through employment with 61 employing agencies,including public universities,community colleges,and other qualified state agencies. Eligible employees are automatically enrolled in SURS when employment begins.
Daniel Kálmán Biss is an American mathematician and politician serving as mayor of Evanston,Illinois. He previously served as a member of both the Illinois House of Representatives and Illinois Senate.
2011 Wisconsin Act 10,also known as the Wisconsin Budget Repair Bill or the Wisconsin Budget Adjustment Act,is a controversial law enacted by the 100th Wisconsin Legislature which significantly limited the rights and compensation of state and local government employees in Wisconsin. It was the signature act of Republican governor Scott Walker,who described it as a tool needed to address a projected $3.6 billion budget deficit. The introduction of this bill provoked immediate outrage from labor unions and their allies,and resulted in months of mass protests at the Wisconsin State Capitol. Democratic members of the Wisconsin Senate then fled the state to deny a quorum for the bill,remaining in Illinois for three weeks. Republicans in the legislature eventually stripped out budgetary items to circumvent budget-related quorum rules and passed the legislation on March 9,2011. The law was signed by governor Walker on the morning of March 11 and was followed by a ceremonial signing later that day.
Illinois's wiretapping law was a "two-party consent" law. Illinois made it a crime to use an "eavesdropping device" to overhear or record a phone call or conversation without the consent of all parties to the conversation. The law was ruled unconstitutional in 2014 by the Illinois Supreme Court,but was replaced by a near-identical law later that same year.
Scott Drury is a former Illinois state representative for the 58th district and a Democratic candidate for Attorney General. The 58th district includes all or parts of Bannockburn,Deerfield,Glencoe,Highwood,Highland Park,Lake Bluff,Lake Forest,Lincolnshire,Northbrook and North Chicago.
Emanuel Christopher Welch,known as Chris Welch,is a lawyer and politician who is the Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives. A Democrat,he represents the 7th district in Cook County,which includes all or parts of River Forest,Forest Park,Maywood,Broadview,Bellwood,Hillside,Westchester,La Grange Park and Berkeley.
Jeanne M. Ives is an American politician. A Republican,she is a former member of the Illinois House of Representatives for the 42nd district. She was a candidate for governor of Illinois and U.S. representative for Illinois's 6th congressional district.
Tobias G. Barry,Jr. was an American politician in the state of Illinois.
The 2018 elections for the Illinois House of Representatives took place on Tuesday,November 6,2018,to elect representatives from all 118 districts. The winners of this election served in the 101st General Assembly,with seats apportioned among the states based on the 2010 United States census. The Democratic Party has held a House majority since 1997. The inauguration of the 101st General Assembly occurred on Wednesday January 9,2019. The Democrats flipped 8 seats while Republicans flipped 1 seat,resulting in a net gain of 7 seats for the Democratic caucus.
Jonathan Carroll is a former Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives from the 57th district. The 57th district,located in the Chicago metropolitan area,includes all or parts of Arlington Heights,Buffalo Grove,Des Plaines,Glenview,Mount Prospect,Northbrook,Palatine,Prospect Heights and Wheeling.
Janus v. American Federation of State,County,and Municipal Employees,Council 31,No. 16-1466,585 U.S. ___ (2018),abbreviated Janus v. AFSCME,is a landmark decision of the US Supreme Court on US labor law,concerning the power of labor unions to collect fees from non-union members. Under the Taft–Hartley Act of 1947,which applies to the private sector,union security agreements can be allowed by state law. The Supreme Court ruled that such union fees in the public sector violate the First Amendment right to free speech,overruling the 1977 decision in Abood v. Detroit Board of Education that had previously allowed such fees.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Illinois on November 8,2022. The elections for United States Senate and United States House of Representatives,Governor,statewide constitutional officers,Illinois Senate,and Illinois House were held on this date.
On November 8,2016,Illinois voters approved the Illinois Transportation Taxes and Fees Lockbox Amendment,a legislatively referred constitutional amendment that prohibits lawmakers from using transportation funds for anything other than their stated purpose.
