Mike Riopell
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Amazon to collect Illinois sales tax starting Feb. 1Jan 23, 2015 12:01 am - Online retail giant Amazon will start collecting sales taxes on Illinois purchases on Feb. 1, the company said. Before, online outfits like Amazon that had no physical c...
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Local Republican tries to do away with red-light camerasJan 22, 2015 12:00 am - A suburban Republican wants to do away with the state law that allows red-light cameras to spy on drivers. State Rep. David McSweeney, a Barrington Hills Republican, int...
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Hultgren highlights human trafficking problem with speech guestJan 19, 2015 12:01 am - U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren will take an advocate who fights human trafficking to Tuesday's State of the Union address, and Sen. Dick Durbin's guest will be a veteran injur...
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Reports: Duckworth will consider Senate runJan 19, 2015 12:01 am - U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth, a Hoffman Estates Democrat, is weighing a run for U.S. Senate, reports say. If nominated as the Democrat for the 2016 Senate race, Duckworth w...
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What Bruce Rauner can do without the LegislatureJan 18, 2015 6:30 am - On the evening of Gov. Bruce Rauner's inauguration, the pomp had given way to a rollicking concert in Springfield's large convention center. The heavily scripted ceremon...
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Local legislators invite teachers, students to State of the UnionJan 16, 2015 12:01 am - Local Democratic members of Congress are trying to highlight President Barack Obama's education message with their picks of guests to take to the State of the Union addr...
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Rauner orders posting local government salaries onlineJan 15, 2015 12:01 am - Back in 2012, Gov. Pat Quinn signed legislation that called for salaries of most county, township and city workers to be put on a website that already displays similar i...
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Gaming Board chief on job status: 'I have no idea'Jan 14, 2015 12:00 am - The flurry of changes Gov. Bruce Rauner is making to state government is causing some confusion about who's in and who's out. Rauner Tuesday revoked the appointment of I...
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Suburban faces will change at the CapitolJan 13, 2015 10:00 pm - New governor, new roster at work today at the Capitol
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Departing lawmakers eligible for state pensionsJan 13, 2015 12:00 am - Pensions were a major focus of state lawmakers who leave office Wednesday, and now many of them are eligible for the benefit. State Rep. Tom Cross, 56, of Oswego, a form...