New benefit delay hits disabled vets
Sunday, June 19, 2005 CHERYL L. REED - - Chicago Sun-Times
| The most seriously disabled veterans will now have to wait for their claims to pass a second review before they can receive any disability pay from the federal Veterans Affairs Department, according to a new policy ordered last week.
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More wives bringing home the bacon
Sunday, May 15, 2005 CHERYL L. REED - - Chicago Sun-Times
| More than 8.3 million wives are bringing home bigger bucks than their husbands.
That's one out of four dual-earning couples where the wife makes more moolah -- up 7 percentage points in the last 16 years, according to a report on women in the labor force released last week by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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War stress heavier on women
Sunday, May 8, 2005 CHERYL L. REED - - Chicago Sun-Times
| In a war marked by the most female troops ever to face daily combat, women service members appear to experience war differently from men, according to a Defense Department health questionnaire that tests the mental stability of half a million returning troops.
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Military spouses could get 30 days of leave
Saturday, April 16, 2005 CHERYL L. REED - - Chicago Sun-Times
| Spouses and parents of deployed Illinois National Guard and Reserve members could take up to 30 days of unpaid leave from work without losing their jobs under a bill passed unanimously by the state Senate and sent on to the House.
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Vets at meeting say VA ducking questions
Wednesday, December 22, 2004 CHERYL L. REED - - Chicago Sun-Times
| Dozens of disabled veterans testifying before a City Council committee Tuesday said they are furious the Chicago Veterans Affairs office has not answered why Illinois veterans for decades have received some of the lowest disability payments in the nation.
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Nearby states play it cheap with disabled vets
Monday, December 6, 2004 CHERYL L. REED - - Chicago Sun-Times
| While Rust Belt states like Michigan, Ohio and Illinois are ranked at the bottom of the nation in federal disability pay to wounded soldiers, their neighboring Midwestern states are granting below-average payments, as well.
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Dems name Obama replacement
Sunday, November 7, 2004 CHERYL L. REED - - Chicago Sun-Times
| After questioning seven candidates, including several progressive attorneys, a pro-choice pastor and a marijuana enthusiast, Democratic committeemen Saturday chose Kwame Raoul, a City Colleges labor attorney, to replace Barack Obama in the state Senate.
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