 Topic: NewsThe new items published under this topic are as follows.
Jul 03, 2008 - 04:58 PM
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Last week the Metro West Council of Governments honored Mike Fortner as the Legislator of the Year as reported in the Daily Herald. Metro West represents communities in Kane, Kendall, and DeKalb counties, and was formed a few years ago to help coordinate issues and ideas common to the fast growing western suburbs. Representative Fortner was a charter member of Metro West when he served as Mayor of West Chicago. It gives him particular pride to be the first recipient of this award from a group he helped to found.
Jan 08, 2008 - 11:35 AM
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Late last year the US Congress surprised Fermilab by slashing $52 million from the President's budget request. Fermilab is not just one of the top research centers in the US, it's also a major employer in the area. The lab contributes to the economy through its own operations, through its employees, and from the many spin-off businesses that have happened through the years. By introducing HJR82 Mike Fortner is working to get the State of Illinois on record to support a restoration of Fermilab's funds.
Read full article: 'HJR 82 - Fortner Backs Fermilab Funding'
Jan 06, 2008 - 07:34 PM
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The new year brings a new round of proposed legislation. The State Journal-Register in Springfield took note of a new bill, and thought it worthy of a story. HB4216 was filed last week and would create a commission to act as the state's point group with expertise to coordinate big federal science projects that may come to Illinois.
Read full article: 'HB 4216 - Illinois Science and Technology Commission'
Sep 05, 2007 - 10:22 AM
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One of the long-running issues in Winfield has been the lack of funding for the District 34 school construction project. This might seem like old news since the work on Winfield Central School was completed years ago, but the state still hasn't made good on its promise to from five years ago, and the taxpayers of Winfield are left footing the bill that failed promise. The good news is that I've been part of some activity to correct this, and two stories today picked up the issue.
Read full article: 'Schools Caught in Politics'
Aug 17, 2007 - 05:09 AM
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This week the Governor signed into law a number of Mike Fortner's legislative initiatives. This site has background on bills to fund the county child advocacy centers, regulate phosphorus in detergents, and clarify unlawful video recordings, all of which are now law. In addition the governor signed into law SB 249 which allows West Chicago to deannex from the DuPage Water Commission and avoid the sales tax for services that they won't use since their municipal water treatment system began operating over four years ago.
Read full article: 'First Bills Become Law'
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