Mike Riopell
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It’s crunch time for a Sears incentive planOct 31, 2011 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — With top Sears Holdings Corp. executives saying they’ll decide whether to leave Hoffman Estates by the end of the year and state lawmakers scheduled to mee...
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Could a gambling compromise get done?Oct 27, 2011 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — With just three days left in the fall legislative session, a vote on gambling expansion has yet to be taken, but some leaders on the issue say that could b...
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Sears deal talks creep forwardOct 27, 2011 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — State lawmakers trying to craft a deal to keep Sears Holdings Corp. in Illinois have received a compromise package of tax incentive proposals from the reta...
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Former Daily Herald reporter on gaming boardOct 27, 2011 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — Former Daily Herald reporter Maribeth Vander Weele was appointed this week to the Illinois Gaming Board, the panel that regulates the state’s casinos. Vand...
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Beaubien honored on House floorOct 26, 2011 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — His former colleagues in the Illinois House honored the late Rep. Mark Beaubien on the chamber floor Wednesday, delivering emotional remembrances of the lo...
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Link: No 'charade,' he just wants to try Quinn's planOct 26, 2011 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — A spokeswoman for Gov. Pat Quinn Wednesday called Sen. Terry Link's attempt to draft the governor's gambling suggestions into legislation a “charade.” “Gov...
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District 300 presents own Sears planOct 25, 2011 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — Community Unit District 300 officials Tuesday made public a proposed road map to what they say is a tax deal giving Sears Holdings Corp. what it wants to s...
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Suburban summer storms might trigger ComEd bill supportOct 25, 2011 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — As the debate rages in Springfield this week over ComEd’s proposal to raise rates and improve its grid, it may be Mother Nature’s bashing of the suburbs th...
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Gurnee student got close-up look at Illinois historyOct 25, 2011 12:00 am - It would have been easy for David Spriegel of Gurnee to slack off the latter parts of his internship at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfiel...
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Sears compromise involving District 300 brewing?Oct 24, 2011 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — A compromise that could keep Sears Holdings Inc. in Hoffman Estates and placate the complaints of Community Unit District 300 is in the works, but whether ...