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Senate committee advances bill requiring 'proper reason' for carrying a gun
Belleville News-DemocratA concealed-carry bill that requires a person to have "a proper reason" in order to carry a gun in public won approval Thursday in an Illinois Senate committee. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Kwame Raoul, D-Chicago, passed 10-4-1 in the Senate Executive...Tags: Justice System, Kwame Raoul, Illinois General Assembly, Government, Pat Quinn
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The do-nothing caucus
Last fall on this page, we endorsed candidates for the Illinois House based largely on their fiscal policies. Illinois is beyond a crisis point; its lawmakers need to find solutions. So: Were candidates willing to enact serious pension reform? Cut state...
Tags: Mike Fortner, Elmhurst, Bill Mitchell, Adam Brown, Interior Policy
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Chief Judge Callis' name floated as possible congressional candidate
Belleville News-DemocratIt may be only 100 days or so into U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis' first term as a congressman, but there is already at least one name being floated to challenge him in 2014: Madison County Chief Judge Ann Callis. Callis is seriously pondering a run in the 13th...Tags: Champaign County (Illinois), John Shimkus, Panera Bread Company, Justice System, Primaries
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Congress won't consider more base closures until 2015, but until then, Scott could be target for cost cutting
Belleville News-DemocratIf you worry about Scott Air Force Base's future, then the Pentagon's most recent budget bill contains good news: The next round of Base Realignment and Closure, the process that Congress uses to decide which military bases to close, won't begin until...Tags: Defense, Layoffs and Downsizing, Iraq, Armed Forces, John Shimkus
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Red Line replacement plan in hands of Congress, officials say
Tribune reporterSetting a timeline for the CTA’s No. 1 improvement project – the multibillion-dollar replacement of the Red Line – hinges on negotiations that will begin next week in Congress over a new transportation funding bill, CTA president Forrest...Tags: Public Transportation, Railway Transportation, Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, Chicago Transit Authority, Union (McHenry, Illinois)
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FEMA again denies Illinois request for tornado recovery assistance
Tribune reporterFederal disaster officials today for a second time denied an aid request for southern Illinois communities battered by deadly tornadoes Feb. 29, ruling against an appeal filed by the state after the first claim was denied two weeks ago. Gov. Pat Quinn...Tags: Tornadoes, Relief and Aid Organizations, Mark Kirk, FEMA, Pat Quinn
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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 bill would prohibit spending public money on stadiums without a public vote
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelBy Tonya Alanez, Sun Sentinel TALLAHASSEE — Sen. Mike Bennett, R-Bradenton filed a bill Thursday that would forbid the use of public money for professional sports teams without a public vote. If approved, it would block recent attempts to use...
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