Mike Riopell
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Court hears Lake Co. underage drinking caseMar 22, 2011 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — The attorney for parents whose Lake County home hosted an underage drinking party in 2006 told the Illinois Supreme Court Tuesday that hosts are never liab...
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Palatine attorney wants to do away with offensive words in Illinois lawMar 20, 2011 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — Every time Palatine-based attorney Kerry Lavelle hears words offensive to the disabled, his ears perk up. And not in a good way. Lavelle’s sister, Shannon,...
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Senators: Give Adler Planetarium a shuttleMar 18, 2011 12:00 am - Illinois' two senators are asking NASA to send one of its retired space shuttles to Adler Planetarium in Chicago. Sens. Mark Kirk and Dick Durbin sent a letter to Gen. C...
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High court to take up Deerfield drinking party caseMar 18, 2011 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments next week in the case of a Lake County underage drinking party that resulted in the deaths of two ...
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Area woman wanted to talk to Quinn on death penaltyMar 18, 2011 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — Cindy McNamara, whose daughter Shannon was murdered in 2001 while a student at Eastern Illinois University, expressed deep disappointment Thursday that Gov...
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Senate GOP proposes cuts to schools, health careMar 17, 2011 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — Suburban Republican senators Thursday helped release a state budget-cutting plan that takes aim at some of the most controversial areas of state spending —...
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Murder victim’s family pushes for post-release registryMar 17, 2011 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — The parents of Andrea Will, who was killed in 1998 while a student at Eastern Illinois University, told Springfield lawmakers Thursday that murderers who a...
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Should social security income count against unemployment benefits?Mar 16, 2011 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — Two suburban lawmakers are trying to repeal an Illinois law that reduces how much elderly people can collect from unemployment when they’re receiving socia...
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Ramey says no vote soon for Arizona-style immigration proposalMar 15, 2011 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — Rep. Randy Ramey said Tuesday that he knows his plan to bring Arizona-style immigration laws to Illinois almost certainly won’t be called for a vote this y...
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No mandatory helmets for skiersMar 15, 2011 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — A plan that could have required Illinois skiers and snowboarders to wear helmets on slopes like Bartlett’s Villa Olivia crashed squarely into a tree Tuesda...