Mike Riopell
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Should some 17-year-olds vote in primaries?Apr 15, 2013 4:02 pm - SPRINGFIELD — A suburban lawmaker’s plan to let 17-year-olds vote in primary elections if they will turn 18 before the November election won preliminary approval Monday....
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School pay raises trigger Illinois penaltiesApr 15, 2013 5:15 am - SPRINGFIELD — Seven years after Illinois lawmakers passed a law intended to curtail big pension-boosting pay hikes for retiring educators, some local school districts st...
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Plan to curb rising property taxes failsApr 12, 2013 6:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — A plan to keep local taxes from going up when property values go down failed to win favor from Illinois lawmakers Friday. A proposal from state Rep. Jack F...
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Benefit cuts for RTA, Pace, Metra board members?Apr 12, 2013 5:51 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Members of the Chicago-area transit boards wouldn’t get health care or pension benefits under a plan approved by the Illinois House Friday. Current members...
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Plan: Teachers who don't report hazing would be chargedApr 12, 2013 12:15 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Teachers and administrators who don't report hazing like what happened at Maine West and Hoffman Estates high schools could themselves face criminal hazing...
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Voters can’t try to eliminate DuPage forest board salariesApr 12, 2013 9:55 am - SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois House today rejected a plan to give voters the option to eliminate the salaries for members of the DuPage County Forest Preserve District boar...
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House backs plan to eliminate lieutenant governor jobApr 11, 2013 7:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — A suburban Republican's bid to eliminate Illinois' lieutenant governor job by 2019 was approved by the Illinois House Thursday. State Rep. David McSweeney,...
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House moves plan to block online charter schoolsApr 10, 2013 9:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois House has started moving to put a three-year moratorium on Internet charter schools just days after a handful of suburban districts rejected t...
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Boat safety plans come from 10-year-old's deathApr 09, 2013 11:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — After a Bartlett man's guilty plea in the case of her 10-year-old nephew's boating death, state Sen. Julie Morrison is pushing several safety proposals mea...
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Two suburban Republicans back same-sex marriageApr 08, 2013 9:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — The first two Illinois House Republicans to publicly back same-sex marriage, both from the suburbs, might help open the door for other GOP supporters to ev...