Mike Riopell
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Walsh spars with CNN personality over DuckworthJul 05, 2012 5:42 pm - Republican U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh got in a spirited verbal sparring match with CNN personality Ashleigh Banfield Thursday over his comments in Elk Grove Village this week t...
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Duckworth attacks Walsh over military commentsJul 03, 2012 4:20 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Democrat Tammy Duckworth Tuesday accused Republican U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh of attacking her military service and a video of some of his comments is drawing na...
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Republicans: No pension free lunchJul 03, 2012 11:23 am - SPRINGFIELD — Illinois Senate Republicans are pointing to new numbers they say make the case that Chicago schools, which pay their own teacher pensions, get more in stat...
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Quinn: Keep Aurora prison transition facility openJul 02, 2012 7:51 pm - SPRINGFIELD — A month after saying it would proceed with an Aug. 31 closure of the Fox Valley Adult Transition Center in Aurora, Gov. Pat Quinn’s office now says it is k...
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Grayslake girl going to Quinn over plastic bagsJun 29, 2012 8:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — It was the ubiquitous plastic shopping bags flying around her neighborhood and scattered along the road that made Abby Goldberg want to ask her village of ...
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Friends of Barlett woman push for clemencyJun 23, 2012 10:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — Supporters of a Bartlett woman convicted in 1999 of shaking a baby to death gathered in front of the Illinois Capitol Saturday morning to ask Gov. Pat Quin...
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Lawmakers push off pension talks for 5 more weeksJun 21, 2012 4:27 pm - The debate over teacher and state worker retirements will go at least deep into summer as a meeting among top lawmakers and Gov. Pat Quinn Thursday ended with no deal on...
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Quinn: School districts can handle paying for pensionsJun 19, 2012 12:34 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Gov. Pat Quinn is pushing a study that says some suburban school districts have lots of money saved up and should be able to afford taking over some future...
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Schools: Pensions could hurt us like they hurt townsJun 18, 2012 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Suburban mayors have seen their budgets drained over the past several years by rising pension costs for police officers and firefighters but are unable to ...
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Supreme Court blocks legislative map protestJun 07, 2012 4:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Supreme Court has rejected a Republican challenge to the Illinois legislative map, voting along party lines to let the Democratic-drawn distri...