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Glimpses of Illinois Medicaid cuts emerge
Clout StreetGlimpses of a plan to slash spending on the state’s health care program for the poor emerged Wednesday, with preliminary ideas ranging from eliminating a discount prescription program for seniors to stricter eligibility requirements that would leave...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Government, Democratic Party, Heather Steans, Pat Quinn
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Illinois passes bill to ban the sale, trade and distribution of shark fins
The food policy news just keeps sliding in like so much pink slime. Here's a fresh-ish batch of it:
SHARK FINS: Yesterday the Illinois House passed a bill to ban the sale, trade and distribution of shark fins, which are used in Chinese delicacies...Tags: Food and Drug Administration, MRSA, Japan, Elections, U.S. Department of Agriculture
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City homeless services restored
Clout StreetChicago plans to resume providing full overnight services to homeless people seeking help in the wee hours of the morning after state lawmakers restored funding for those types of programs across Illinois. But it’s unclear how quickly that can...Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Mayor, Chicago, Career and Workplace, Collective Contract
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On the 'Scholarship' list in Springfield
Change of SubjectWhere do our lawmakers stand on the issue of legislative scholarships -- those tuition waivers that members of the state house and senate have traditionally been allowed to dispense to constituents? As part of the renewed effort to abolish that...... -
New coalition brings LGBT leaders, politicians together
BoystownA new coalition formed at the initiative of the Center on Halsted has brought together a broad group of political and LGBT community leaders to make Boystown both safer and more welcoming.... -
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Bill toughening nursing home rules passes House
Tribune reporterThe House passed legislation today that would set stricter rules and guidelines for nursing homes in Illinois that care for the developmentally disabled. The measure, which passed the House 69-45, would give harsher penalties for poor care and make sure...Tags: Human Interest, Nursing Homes, Nursing, Long Term Care, Illinois
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House panel OKs nursing home changes
Clout StPosted by Monique Garcia at 7:08 p.m. A House committee today approved legislation that would toughen rules for facilities that care for the mentally ill and developmentally disabled. The idea is to set up new regulations for those facilities instead........ -
Quinn names new chief of staff following e-mail resignation
Clout StPosted by Ray Long and Monique Garcia at 2:47 p.m.; updated at 3:06 p.m. Gov. Pat Quinn today elevated a longtime associate and human services administrator to be his chief of staff, two days after his top aide resigned for...... -
Abortion measure draws accusations, T-shirt slogans at Capitol
Clout StPosted by Todd Wilson at 6:45 p.m. SPRINGFIELD --- They wore T-shirts that said “Women are not livestock,” but the abortion legislation they opposed advanced anyway. The House Agriculture and Conservation Committee, which is dominated by... -
House and Senate trade competing spending plans
Clout StPosted by Ray Long and Todd Wilson at 6:55 p.m. SPRINGFIELD—The Illinois House and Senate traded competing versions of state spending plans today as lawmakers debated whether they were cutting too much from education and social services in the face....
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