Doug T. Graham
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New lawmakers have to hustle on big issuesMay 25, 2013 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — When lawmakers started meeting in January, the newly elected class faced huge, complicated questions about Illinois' disastrous finances, thousands of teac...
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Fallen trooper honored at state CapitolMay 24, 2013 11:35 am - SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois House and Senate Friday honored the memory of a suburban state trooper who was struck and killed on the side of the road March 28. The family ...
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House primed for vote on concealed carryMay 23, 2013 9:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — A new proposal that would allow people to carry concealed handguns but restrict them from buses, trains and parks is set up for a vote in the Illinois Hous...
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Details of hazing plan under scrutiny in Senate committeeMay 22, 2013 9:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — A suburban Democrat says he'll make changes to a proposal that grew out of hazing scandals in the suburbs after lawmakers raised questions about how broadl...
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Senate OKs tanning booth ban for minorsMay 20, 2013 6:18 pm - SPRINGFIELD — A proposal to ban minors from tanning booths was sent to Gov. Pat Quinn Monday after the Illinois Senate approved the measure. The proposal would require t...
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Oberweis on medical marijuana: It's about helping people in painMay 20, 2013 4:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — State Sen. Jim Oberweis said his reason for breaking ranks with most of his fellow Republican lawmakers by voting to legalize medical marijuana is simple: ...
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Lawmakers split as Senate OKs medical marijuanaMay 17, 2013 4:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Gov. Pat Quinn will get the final say on whether Illinoisans should be allowed to use medical marijuana to help cope with pain and other symptoms caused by...
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Senate gun plan would let towns set limitsMay 16, 2013 2:24 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Many individual suburbs would get the opportunity to decide where people could carry concealed guns under a plan approved by a Senate committee Thursday. T...
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Suburban mayors steel themselves for own pension crisisMay 15, 2013 11:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — As lawmakers work toward an end-of-May deadline to approve a state budget and deal with $100 billion in pension debt, DuPage County officials lobbied in Sp...
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State officials: Lowering DUI limit worth a lookMay 14, 2013 6:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Secretary of State Jesse White said the idea of reducing Illinois' drunk-driving threshold from a .08 to a .05 blood alcohol content deserves “further stud...