Mike Riopell
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Elgin executive appointed to workforce boardApr 24, 2015 1:00 am - Gov. Bruce Rauner appointed an executive with Bison Gear and Engineering to the Illinois Workforce Investment Board. Sylvia Wetzel of Elgin is a vice president with the ...
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Require a doctor's note for religious vaccine exemption?Apr 23, 2015 1:00 am - State lawmakers Thursday clashed over the religious exemption that lets children attend school without typically required vaccinations. And the Illinois Senate advanced ...
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Change when school boards are elected?Apr 22, 2015 1:00 am - Illinois voters could start picking school board members in the same elections they pick senators and members of Congress under a suburban Democrat's plan that got movin...
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Lawmakers move to extend medical marijuana program past 2017Apr 22, 2015 1:00 am - Illinois' fledgling medical marijuana program could get a longer tryout than originally expected. The law that allows the drug to be sold legally in Illinois is set to r...
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Effort to ban red-light cameras from smaller suburbs moves to full HouseApr 21, 2015 1:00 am - A plan to eliminate red-light cameras throughout the suburbs is changing, and state Rep. David McSweeney, a Barrington Hills Republican, won preliminary approval to bani...
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House OKs plan to allow cameras in nursing home roomsApr 21, 2015 1:00 am - A proposal that would allow nursing home residents and their families to install cameras in their rooms to monitor what goes on is moving forward in Springfield. The leg...
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Rauner's plan would increase pension penalties for schoolsApr 20, 2015 5:30 am - A law aimed at curbing late-career pay raises for educators continues to sting some suburban school districts with six-figure costs. And now a new proposal from Gov. Bru...
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Kirk gives national broadcast speech on IranApr 18, 2015 5:30 am - U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk gave Republicans' national weekly address to the country Saturday, directing stern words toward Iran. "Stopping Iran from getting nuclear weapons is ...
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Obama signs Roskam Medicare planApr 16, 2015 1:00 am - President Barack Obama Thursday signed into law a plan from U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam to try to curb fraud in the Medicare system. The proposal will, among other things, be...
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Money race begins for Congress next yearApr 16, 2015 1:00 am - Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering showed some fundraising skills in the opening months of her bid for Congress, raising nearly $366,000 in the first quarter of the year...