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Illinois infrastructure needs a makeover
The time has come for Springfield to pass the 2013 Natural Gas Consumer, Safety and Reliability Act and allow Peoples Gas to move forward with its Accelerated Main Replacement Program. Illinois’ natural gas infrastructure creates concern for the...Tags: Energy Resources, U.S. Department of Transportation
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Springfield, IL reinstates civil union partner benefits after public outcry
BoystownAfter raising a firestorm of anger and disbelief, the Springfield, Illinois Joint Labor/Management Insurance Committee voted to unanimously reinstate health benefits for the civil union partners of city employees. This was a complete reversal from the... -
Health professionals split over allowing psychologists to prescribe drugs
Week in and week out for the last five years, Marlin Hoover has boarded a plane for New Mexico, where he sees patients Monday through Wednesday. Then, the psychologist flies home Thursday to treat patients at his southwest suburban office in Tinley Park....
Tags: Psychiatry, Illinois General Assembly, Psychologists, Pharmaceuticals, Physiology
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Ill. Senate overrides Quinn veto of smart grid rate hike
Tribune reportersRejecting 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, Pat Quinn, Executive Branch, Illinois Governor, Mike Frerichs
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State sets hearing dates for online school proposal
A state commission will hold hearings next month as it determines whether to overrule 18 suburban school districts that rejected a proposal for an online charter school. The hearings — one for each of the 18 districts affected — will take...Tags: Charter Schools, Schools
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DePaul arena part of broader plan to boost Chicago tourism
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is expected to unveil Thursday a $173 million plan to build a 10,000-seat arena for the DePaul Blue Demons next to McCormick Place, couching it as part of a broader blueprint for boosting tourism, much of it to be publicly funded. The...
Tags: Public Officials, Rahm Emanuel, Economy, Business and Finance, Rosemont (Cook, Illinois), Chicago Hotels
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All politicians are alike
Members of Congress and lawmakers in Springfield both seem to share one unique aspect. They all answer to themselves and their benefactors, as opposed to those they are supposed to represent, the citizens of this state and country. Nothing of...Tags: Justice System, U.S. Congress, Crime, Law and Justice, Lombard
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Concealed-carry legislation emerges in Springfield
Clout StreetSPRINGFIELD — A bill that would set up the rules to allow concealed weapons to be carried in Illinois has started moving through the state senate. The measure would require a gun owner to get a special endorsement from the Chicago police in...Tags: John J Cullerton, Kwame Raoul, Tim Bivins, Firearms, Personal Weapon Control
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In our state, politicians are protected — but not the rest of us
Illinois — where politicians force law-abiding citizens to bring a bat to a gunfight. An amazing video released Wednesday that shows a Chicago shopkeeper fighting for his life should be a commercial for Second Amendment rights in this, the only...
Tags: Laws, Shootings, Criminals, Rahm Emanuel, Firearms
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Illinois looking at different concealed carry rules for Cook County
Clout StreetSPRINGFIELD — People who want to carry a concealed weapon in Chicago and elsewhere in Cook County would get an extra layer of scrutiny under legislation being drafted in the Illinois Senate, according to the authors of the proposal. The...Tags: Brandon W. Phelps, Illinois General Assembly, Kwame Raoul, Tim Bivins, Firearms
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Will County Board tells state lawmakers to pass a concealed carry law
Will County Board members Thursday sent a message to state lawmakers—pass a concealed carry law before it automatically becomes law. Board members voted 15-6, with three members voting "present," supporting a resolution backing a concealed carry...
Tags: Frankfort, Justice and Rights, Freedom of Information Act, Firearms, Personal Weapon Control
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FACTBOX-U.S. coal-fired power plants scheduled to shut
ReutersMay 16 (Reuters) - U.S. power companies plan to shut or convert over 50,000 megawatts (MW) of coal-fired plants over the next several years as cheap natural gas prices and strict environmental rules have made coal the more expensive option in some areas....Tags: Wisconsin Energy Corporation, Ameren Corporation, Southampton (Southampton, Virginia), Nisource Incorporated, Avon (Dare, North Carolina)
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