Mike Riopell
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Quinn projects spending up for pensions, but little elseJan 02, 2012 11:00 pm - Gov. Pat Quinn Tuesday released a gloomy three-year budget projection Tuesday that shows stagnant spending or cutbacks in most state services with a notable exception: p...
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Illinois lawmakers could try for gambling expansion againJan 02, 2012 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Senate President John Cullerton said Tuesday that he expects lawmakers to take another run at gambling expansion in 2012. Cullerton took questions from rep...
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Top suburban GOPers backing Romney, if decidedJan 01, 2012 11:00 pm - As Iowans prepare to gather in schools, churches and living rooms to vote for a Republican candidate for president, some federal lawmakers from the suburbs have begun to...
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Murderers registry, other laws take effectDec 31, 2011 10:00 pm - Murderers registry, seat belt laws take effect
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Illinoisans drinking less beer, more wine and liquorDec 31, 2011 6:00 am - Though New Year's Eve might not be a good reflection of the trend, you're drinking less beer, Illinois. But you're drinking more wine and liquor, statistics show. Over t...
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Congressional primary matchups setDec 26, 2011 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — The opportunity for candidates for Congress to officially file their bids ended Tuesday with a nearly full slate of primary contests among both Democrats a...
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Weeks after tax deal, Sears announces store closingsDec 26, 2011 11:00 pm - Just two weeks after Gov. Pat Quinn signed a bill to keep Sears Holdings Corp. in Illinois, the retailer said Tuesday it would close up to 120 Sears and Kmart stores, af...
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Illinois Lottery head sees online tickets as a winDec 25, 2011 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Illinois Lottery Superintendent Michael Jones said Monday that he hopes the state will begin selling lottery tickets online in the next three to four month...
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Quinn's budget director learned from NapervilleDec 25, 2011 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — In the mid-1990s, David Vaught joined a Naperville Unit District 203 committee to try to get a local tax increase approved. It failed. But in the process, ...
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No surprises among congressional filersDec 22, 2011 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Candidates for Congress began to make their bids official Friday, setting the suburbs up for a handful of hotly contested races in the March primary electi...