Representatives for Democratic President Joe Biden and Republican challengers led by former President Donald Trump filed petitions Thursday to gain a spot on Illinois’ March 19 partisan presidential primary ballots.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Representatives for Democratic President Joe Biden and Republican challengers led by former President Donald Trump filed petitions Thursday to gain a spot on Illinois’ March 19 partisan presidential primary ballots. Representatives for two other Republican candidates, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley, also were in line to file .
.Dolores Sheen, standing, a niece of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, and her daughters Lynn McCaddon and Mary Lou Sheen pray at the tomb of the famed evangelist and media pioneer and sainthood candidate at St. Mary s Cathedral in Peoria, Ill., Feb. 4, 2021. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody) .Coadjutor Bishop Louis Tylka of Peoria, Ill., applauds as a city traffic operations worker unveils a newly erected sign designating Madison Avenue outside of St. Mary s Cathedral as Honorary Bishop Fulton Sheen Ave. Archbishop Sheen, a candidate for sainthood, was a famed media evangelist, mission promoter and author who is buried at the cathedral. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)
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Originally published on February 10, 2021 6:51 pm
When it comes to the Peoria area s wishlist for state legislators, there s a lot of needs from road repairs to renewing tax credits. But one item clearly comes in as the top priority. Our number one item that has to be addressed. It needs to be in the largest font on that piece of paper. And it needs to be bold. And it needs to be underlined. And it needs to be, Help us address the pension, said Peoria Mayor Jim Ardis.
Public safety pensions remain the city s largest unfunded liability. City Manager Patrick Urich said in 2008, pension payments accounted for 11 percent of the city s operating budget. That s now ballooned to 20 percent with those obligations continuing to mount in the years to come.