Mike Riopell
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Suburban Democrats still wary of 75% income tax increaseJan 06, 2011 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — A day after top leaders in Springfield announced the tax-increase plan they'll ask lawmakers to vote on, some suburban Democrats whose support is critical ...
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Late Rep. Washington honoredJan 05, 2011 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois House Thursday honored the late Eddie Washington, a state lawmaker from Waukegan who died in June. Washington, 56, had served in the Illinois ...
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As income tax talks heat up, some suburban lawmakers remain cool to itJan 05, 2011 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — With tax-increase talk still percolating at the Capitol, many suburban lawmakers remain wary of asking Illinoisans who might be facing their own budget tro...
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Deal in place to hike state income tax to 5.25%Jan 05, 2011 10:00 pm - Hike would last 4 years, then drop to 3.75%; cigarette tax also would rise
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Casinos might take a pass on expandingJan 05, 2011 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Under the gambling expansion legislation being considered by lawmakers, existing casinos each would be allowed to add 800 new spots to gamble. But with rev...
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Gambling legislation changes to try to help existing casinosJan 04, 2011 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Thanks in part to suburban Republican support, a plan to allow for slot machines at Arlington Park and five new Illinois casinos cleared a preliminary hurd...
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Death penalty supporters ask lawmakers to think of victims' familiesJan 03, 2011 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — With a vote over the death penalty in Illinois possibly looming in the coming days, supporters of capital punishment Tuesday sought to bring victims' famil...
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Gambling plan could change to ease pain on Elgin, Des Plaines casinosJan 03, 2011 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — The Democrat in charge of trying to usher a huge expansion of gambling through the Illinois House said Tuesday that he wants to change the legislation in a...
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State moves toward vote on borrowing $4 billionJan 03, 2011 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Senate on Tuesday set the stage for a final vote over whether the state should borrow about $4 billion to pay toward the retirement benefits o...
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Illinois wants online retailers to collect sales taxJan 03, 2011 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — A recent plan to force huge Internet retailers such as Amazon.com and Overstock.com to collect the Illinois sales tax could face a long road to becoming re...