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    May 22, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  1. Illinois 70 mph highway speed limit bill sent to governor

    The Illinois House today sent Gov. Pat Quinn legislation that would raise the speed limit on non-urban interstate highways from 65 mph to 70 mph.
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    The Illinois House today sent Gov. Pat Quinn legislation that would raise the speed limit on non-urban interstate highways from 65 mph to 70 mph. Supporters said increasing the limit would put Illinois in line with neighboring states and help the...

    Tags: Motorvehicle Accidents, Transportation Accidents, Politics, Government, Regional Authority

    2. May 22, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  2. Lawmakers go along with ComEd rate hikes, override Quinn

    SPRINFFIELD -- Gov. Pat Quinn's effort to block ComEd from hiking rates was rejected by state lawmakers on Wednesday.
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    SPRINFFIELD -- Gov. Pat Quinn's effort to block ComEd from hiking rates was rejected by state lawmakers on Wednesday. The House voted 71-44 to override Quinn's veto of the legislation, the minimum number of votes needed to do so. The vote came a day...

    Tags: Illinois General Assembly, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Government, Politics

    3. May 22, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  3. Birth control in sex ed classes passes Illinois Senate

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    SPRINGFIELD --- Illinois public schools that teach sex education will be required to provide information about birth control under a measure the Senate sent to Gov. Pat Quinn on Wednesday. The legislation is a change from current policy, where...

    Tags: Illinois General Assembly, Education, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Birth Control, Pat Quinn

    4. May 22, 2013 | Chicago Tribune

  4. Prayer news

    Change of Subject
    The Illinois Family Institute sent out an "urgent prayer request" today to stop a sex-ed bill in the state Senate (via Capitol Fax) and name-checked eight ostensibly undecided senators. Seven of eight voted yes and the bill passed 37-21. It......
    5. May 21, 2013 | Chicago Tribune

  5. Medicinal pot is coming. Why it's not time to worry

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    If it goes through, we'll see a trade-off. Increases in addiction, crime and family dissolution along with assorted benefits. But enough about the proposed expansion of casino gambling in Illinois. Today I want to talk about the inevitability of...
    6. May 22, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  6. House gambling sponsor recuses self because of potential conflict

    — The Illinois House's longtime gambling expansion point man has dropped his sponsorship of a casino bill to avoid a potential conflict of interest.
    — The Illinois House's longtime gambling expansion point man has dropped his sponsorship of a casino bill to avoid a potential conflict of interest. Democratic Rep. Lou Lang of Skokie wrote to the House clerk that he is now affiliated with a law...

    Tags: Calumet City, Government, Louis I Lang, Skokie, John J Cullerton

    7. May 22, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  7. Illinois House panel OKs fracking measure

    A bill to regulate horizontal hydraulic fracturing in Illinois was unanimously passed by a House committee Tuesday amid chants of "shame" from opponents who packed the hearing.
    A bill to regulate horizontal hydraulic fracturing in Illinois was unanimously passed by a House committee Tuesday amid chants of "shame" from opponents who packed the hearing. The bill is expected to be voted on by the full House this week, perhaps...

    Tags: Lisa Madigan, Gasland (movie), Movies, Pat Quinn, Entertainment

    8. May 22, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  8. Illinois Sports Facilities Authority will pay legal tab for Jim Thompson

    The public agency that owns U.S. Cellular Field agreed Tuesday to pay the legal expenses of its ex-chairman, former Gov. Jim Thompson, in a federal lawsuit brought against him last month by the agency's former executive director.
    The public agency that owns U.S. Cellular Field agreed Tuesday to pay the legal expenses of its ex-chairman, former Gov. Jim Thompson, in a federal lawsuit brought against him last month by the agency's former executive director. The Illinois Sports...

    Tags: Jerry Reinsdorf, Trials, Government, Rod Blagojevich, Rahm Emanuel

    9. May 21, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  9. Ill. Senate overrides Quinn veto of smart grid rate hike

    Rejecting Gov. Pat Quinn's plea to not increase power rates to help improve some of the state's electrical grid, the Illinois senate voted to override his veto of a bill that bulks up the revenue Commonwealth Edison will receive as it modernizes the electrical grid.
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    Rejecting Gov. Pat Quinn's plea to not increase power rates to help improve some of the state's electrical grid, the Illinois senate voted to override his veto of a bill that bulks up the revenue Commonwealth Edison will receive as it modernizes the...

    Tags: Illinois General Assembly, Energy Saving, Environmental Issues, Government, Springfield

    10. May 21, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  10. Ken Griffin calls Illinois tax incentives cronyism

    Citadel founder Kenneth Griffin named and shamed local corporations that have taken tax incentives from the state’s financially strapped government in a Monday evening speech to a prominent Chicago business group.
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    Citadel founder Kenneth Griffin named and shamed local corporations that have taken tax incentives from the state’s financially strapped government in a Monday evening speech to a prominent Chicago business group. "The last election cycle I called...

    Tags: Republican Party, Ken Griffin, Michael Madigan, Economic Policy, Finance

    11. May 20, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  11. Medical marijuana: Will Quinn go along?

    <span style=&quot;font-size: small;">A bill to legalize the medical use of marijuana has passed the Illinois General Assemly and now goes to Gov. Pat Quinn, who has yet to disclose whether he'll sign it.&nbsp;But based on&nbsp;his comments&nbsp;today, I'm betting he will. </span>
    A bill to legalize the medical use of marijuana has passed the Illinois General Assemly and now goes to Gov. Pat Quinn, who has yet to disclose whether he'll sign it. But based on his comments today, I'm betting he will. That wager rests on three things...

    Tags: Medical Marijuana Therapy, Government, Politics, Pat Quinn, Executive Branch

    12. May 21, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  12. Quinn: No new casinos without pension reform

    Gov. Pat Quinn on Monday put a finer point on a notion he's been pushing this spring: no gambling expansion will happen without comprehensive changes to fix a greatly underfunded government worker pension system.
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    Gov. Pat Quinn on Monday put a finer point on a notion he's been pushing this spring: no gambling expansion will happen without comprehensive changes to fix a greatly underfunded government worker pension system. The Democratic governor also insisted...

    Tags: City Club of Chicago, Michael Madigan, Greg Harris, Finance, Government

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