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Franks unsure on veto override Illinois House to vote on bill that sends union, governor negotiations to arbitration By KEVIN P. CRAVER kcraver@shawmedia.com A crucial swing vote that will determine whether the General Assembly will override Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner’s veto of a bill essentially stripping him of his ability to negotiate with a powerful state employee union is still undecided. Democratic state Rep. Jack Franks of Marengo said he still is weighing his options
regarding Senate Bill 1229, which would allow negotiations between Rauner and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees to go to binding arbitration as both sides struggle to come to terms on a new contract. The veto override is now headed to the House after Senate lawmakers voted on it last Wednesday. Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan has a 71seat supermajority on paper
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– the exact number needed to override a gubernatorial veto – but fiscally conservative Democrats regularly assert their independence and can make that threshold difficult for the powerful Jack Franks speaker to attain. Without Franks’ support, Madigan would need at
least one Republican vote. Franks said Friday he still is looking at both sides and examining all the information he can before he makes a decision. While he said that binding arbitration is hardly a new concept, and is used for other classes of state employees, there are aspects of the proposed legislation that he does not like. “Most of the pressure I’m under is self-imposed. I just want to do the right thing,”
Franks said. The bill Rauner vetoed would allow AFSCME and other unions to go to binding arbitration – similar to the option available to police and fire unions, which are forbidden by law from striking – in the event of an impasse. The final offers of both sides, AFSCME and the state, would then go to an appointed arbitration panel that would decide which side’s offer regarding salary, benefits, time off
and other disputed issues are the most reasonable. AFSCME Council 31 represents about 38,000 state employees. Its contract expired on June 30, the end of the 2015 state fiscal year, although AFSCME and Rauner agreed on an extension through the end of September in hopes that a deal can be reached. Rauner’s belief that the demands of public sector unions
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3 from U.S. helped subdue gunman on French train By ELAINE GANLEY and NADINE ACHOUI–LESAGE The Associated Press PARIS – A series of heroic actions by passengers thwarted an attack by a man with ties to radical Islam who boarded a high-speed train from Amsterdam to Paris armed with a Kalashnikov, a pistol and a box cutter, officials said Saturday as more details emerged about the dramatic incident that ended with three people injured but no one killed. The attacker, identified by a French official close to the investigation as Ayoub El-Khazzani, 26, was on the radar of authorities in France, Belgium and Spain. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing. Officials did not disclose a possible motive for the Friday attack, but Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said Spanish authorities had advised French intelligence about the suspect because he belongs to the “radical Islamist movement.” As the train passed through Belgium, a French citizen trying to use the toilet encountered and tried to subdue the gunman, who had the assault rifle strapped across his shoulder, Cazeneuve said. Bullets started flying, and two
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Dr. Kristi Redlich performs a well-baby check Wednesday on 9-month-old Landyn of Crystal Lake at Centegra Physician Care in Huntley. Statistics tracked by Merritt Hawkins show a nationwide decline this year in the hiring of doctors done by hospitals. However, local figures at Centegra continue to improve with its ongoing expansion.
Hiring boom at Centegra System having difficulty finding doctors with sub-specialties needed By EMILY K. COLEMAN ecoleman@shawmedia.com HUNTLEY – Pediatrician Kristi Redlich hadn’t given much thought to what kind of place she wanted to end up after her residency. She just knew she wanted to do outpatient, general pediatrics. She
liked the variety of patients she would see and the set schedule that came with working at an office or clinic. “Initially, the idea of a smaller group was more appealing to me,” Redlich said. “I thought it would give me the opportunity to be more of a contributor and to shape more
policies and procedures and to know the families and the patients better.” But life in private practice didn’t turn out the way she expected. Her first job at a private practice in Orland Park meant a very long commute from where she was living in Chicago.
She moved to another practice in East Dundee after moving to the Barrington area, where she now lives with her husband and two young sons, but it just felt unstable, and she didn’t have much of an opportunity for input.
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