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Tribune poll: Support remains tepid for Chicago casino
Chicago voters remain lukewarm to Mayor Rahm Emanuel's push for a city casino and aren't sold on his plan to put slot machines at the airports, a new Tribune/WGN-TV poll found. The results come as the mayor presses for the third straight year to get the...
Tags: Transportation Industry, Elections, Lifestyle and Leisure, Travel, Polls
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Less than half of state road fund money went for construction
Less than half of the money that the state has spent from its road fund in the last two years actually went to pay for direct construction costs, according to a report issued Tuesday. The majority of payments in fiscal 2012 and 2011 went to cover...
Tags: Health Insurance Cost, Science and Technology, Illinois Department of Transportation, Health Insurance, Construction
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Seniors Idol-ized in township's Senior American Idol contest
Did you feel the ground shaking in Orland Hills May 9? If so, you were feeling the effect of Orland Township's Senior American Idol Scholarship Fundraiser, sponsored by KCM Accounting, at Georgio's Banquets in Orland Hills. The room was ablaze with...Tags: Sundance Film Festival, Orland Park, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Orland Hills, Palos Park
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Where pension legislation stands
The Illinois General Assembly is scheduled to adjourn for the summer in three weeks, with plenty left to do, especially on the subject that Gov. Pat Quinn has deemed the No. 1 priority: a rescue of the state's underfunded public pension system....
Tags: Career and Workplace, John J Cullerton, Lifestyle and Leisure, Same-Sex Marriage, Labor Legislation
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Illinois passes law to make Busch divest beer distributorship
Tribune reporterA bill that will require Anheuser-Busch to sell its minority stake in Chicago's City Beverage has passed the Illinois Senate. Anheuser and the Illinois Liquor Control Commission have been involved in a string of litigation on this issue since the...Tags: Illinois General Assembly, Anheuser-Busch, Illinois Governor
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Stormwater commission flooded with complaints
Frustrated Downers Grove residents bashed the village's response to last month's floods during a storm water commission meeting. A dozen or so residents from the Deer Creek, Benton Avenue, and 6th Street and Fairview Avenue neighborhoods peppered...
Tags: FEMA, Media Industry, Barack Obama, Executive Branch, Government
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Mexican official pitches business in Chicago
Although news about Mexico is focused on immigration reform and border security, the country remains a leading trade partner for the U.S. and an increasingly important one for Illinois. During a visit to Chicago this week, the secretary for economic...Tags: Environmental Issues, Caterpillar Inc., Manufacturing and Engineering, Lisle, Navistar International Corporation
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Medical marijuana shouldn't be for 'adults only'
My 9-year-old daughter has Aicardi syndrome, a rare genetic disorder that causes extremely hard-to-control seizures, debilitation, disability and early mortality. She began having seizures at three months of age, and since that time has had multiple...Tags: Seizures, Elections, Louis I Lang, Genetic Condition, Politics
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Illinois adds tech jobs ahead of national rate
The number of jobs in Illinois' technology industry grew 1.6 percent in 2012, just outstripping the rate for the national tech sector, according to a new report from the TechAmerica Foundation. The foundation, which is the nonprofit arm of U.S. industry...
Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Business, Startups, Chicago Mayor, Consumer Electronics Industry
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Latest Illinois news, sports, business and entertainment
CORN CROP USDA: Despite late start, record corn crop likely DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The wet start to the corn planting season may reduce the amount each acre produces this year, but farmers are planting so much corn they're still likely to bring...Tags: Lawyers, Pullman, Illinois State University, West Pullman, Northwestern Memorial Hospital
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State may require shooting-incident drills at schools
When a police officer acting as a shooter in a safety drill begins trolling the hallways, students at public schools in Plainfield hear an announcement over the PA system and react: They follow their teacher into a closet or corner in their classroom, sit...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Health and Safety at School, Laws, McHenry, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Quinn leery of gambling expansion loopholes
Repeated assurances by gambling expansion supporters that a Chicago casino would be under the strict supervision of the state's gambling regulators isn't enough for Gov. Pat Quinn, who is eyeing a provision that he worries could undermine that authority....
Tags: Values, Louis I Lang, Ethics, Lifestyle and Leisure, Terry Link
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