Friday, July 4, 2008 East Central Illinois

Emil Jones and Senate pals should feel free to retire

Wednesday May 14, 2008
 

If Illinois Senate President Emil Jones feels underpaid and underappreciated, he should feel to look for employment elsewhere.

What is it about the subject of pay raises that makes Illinois state senators behave not like "a council of elders" (the literal definition of the upper house of a legislative body) but like a council of boors?

News-Gazette Archive

The full story is available in our paid story archive.

View the full story » About the archive

Champaign, IL, Weather

  • Tonight
     Low: 55°
  • Tomorrow
     High: 80°

Partly Cloudy
Advertisement