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Fracking regulations passed in Springfield
Tribune reporterLet the fracking begin. That's the message the Illinois Senate sent Friday in passing sweeping legislation to regulate horizontal hydraulic fracturing, a method for releasing oil and natural gas that involves massive amounts of pressurized water, sand...Tags: Natural Resource Industry, Energy Resources, Natural Resources, Government, Illinois Governor
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Legislators vote to lower school age to 6
Tribune reportersIllinois children would have to be in school at age 6 instead of 7 next year under a bill legislators approved today in Springfield, giving education officials a tool to fight a truancy crisis that reaches into the earliest grades. If signed by Gov....Tags: Chicago Teachers Union, Chicago Mayor, Rahm Emanuel, Illinois Governor, La Shawn K. Ford
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Uniformity in Illinois laws
A bill is moving through Springfield to ban hand-held phone for drivers throughout the state just like Chicago’s law. Chicago Democrats argue that cell phone laws are not uniform throughout the state and that makes it difficult for people... -
Cutting community services penny-wise, pound-foolish
Illinois’ budget woes are splashed across front pages and all the talk in Springfield. The battle cry echoes universally: The state must get its fiscal house in order. One way of doing that is by offering more efficient health care for the state&...Tags: Business Enterprises
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Illinois' upgraded DCFS abuse hotline sees mixed results
An upgraded hotline to report suspected cases of child abuse and neglect in Illinois has met with mixed success since its launch six months ago. Data for April show more callers reached a specialist on their first attempt, which is considered vital in...
Tags: Abusive Behavior
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Blake Shelton to aid tornado victims; more severe storms ahead
Top country music stars, including Oklahoma native Blake Shelton and his Grammy Award-winning wife, Miranda Lambert, were gathering Wednesday to raise money for the tornado-ravaged state. Set to perform during a telethon at the Chesapeake Energy Arena...
Tags: National Weather Service, St. Louis, Tornadoes, Chesapeake Energy Arena, Weather Reports
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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: AFSCME, Freedom of Information Act, Elections, Politics, Personal Weapon Control
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Livingston sworn in as La Grange president
Tom Livingston may be new to the village presidency, but he's no stranger to La Grange. In addition to serving as a trustee for eight years between 2003 and 2011, Livingston, 45, grew up in the village, attending grade school at LaGrange Highlands and...
Tags: Urbana (Champaign, Illinois), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Jim Edgar, Champaign (Champaign, Illinois), YMCA
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Editorial: Illinois legislators, deliver results and — this time — head home as heroes
We recognize that staying in office — staying in power — animates much of governance in Springfield. But the rest of us, nearly 13 million strong, need the members of the Illinois General Assembly to set aside that preoccupation and address...
Tags: Personal Income, Same-Sex Marriage, Illinois Governor, Social Issues, Politics
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What's Quinn up to here?
Change of SubjectStory: Quinn calls on House to send him gay marriage bill Gov. Pat Quinn called on the Illinois House to send him legislation to legalize gay marriage, saying lawmakers had plenty of time to make up their mind on the...... -
K-State wins FLW College Fishing Championship
KWCH 12 Eyewitness SportsThe Kansas State University team of Nathan Kozlowski and Lance Maldonado, both of Junction City, Kan., won the FLW College Fishing Central Conference event on Pickwick Lake Saturday with a five-bass limit weighing 17 pounds, 8 ounces. The victory earned...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Colleges and Universities, Georgetown, Indiana State University, Education
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Anti-fracking movement fights to prevent drilling in Shawnee National Forest
When it became clear Tuesday the fight to prevent horizontal hydraulic fracturing in Illinois was all but lost, Annette and Jim McMichael sat down to decide who should risk arrest in trying to protect their land from oil and gas drillers. "We decided...
Tags: Forestry and Timber, Barack Obama, Judges, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Local Government
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