Mike Riopell
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How Illinois' vote for same-sex marriage unfoldedNov 05, 2013 8:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — One lawmaker's heart-to-heart talk with his father, a retired minister. Another's reflections on his own mixed-race marriage, which once would have been il...
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Sen. Kirk makes first floor speech since strokeNov 04, 2013 3:00 pm - U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk made his first speech on the Senate floor since suffering a stroke, urging lawmakers' approval of legislation to outlaw hiring discrimination based o...
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Carpentersville colonel enters GOP primary for CongressNov 04, 2013 8:03 am - Republican Larry Kaifesh of Carpentersville, a colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, announced today he’ll enter the GOP primary race to take on Democratic U.S. Rep....
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Local lawmaker's role grows in same-sex marriage effortOct 31, 2013 11:00 pm - Round Lake Beach's Rep. Yingling's pushes for vote
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Oberweis edging closer to U.S. Senate runOct 30, 2013 7:46 pm - State Sen. Jim Oberweis, a Sugar Grove Republican and veteran of statewide campaigns in Illinois, says he’s nearing the minimum number of petition signatures he needs to...
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Hultgren wins approval for banking billOct 30, 2013 6:00 pm - The U.S. House Wednesday approved legislation from Rep. Randy Hultgren that would allow banks to offer certain financial tools that reforms following the 2008 financial ...
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Kirk, Durbin want schools to carry epinephrine pensOct 30, 2013 5:16 pm - Under a plan from U.S. Sens. Mark Kirk and Dick Durbin of Illinois, states go toward the front of the line for certain federal grants if they require schools to carry ep...
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School board member may challenge Sandack in primaryOct 30, 2013 9:46 am - Teacher Keith Matune says is preparing for a Republican primary election challenge to state Rep. Ron Sandack of Downers Grove and could receive backing from a top conser...
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Roskam: “Can you understand the level of frustration?”Oct 29, 2013 5:00 pm - U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam Roskam questioned Medicare chief Marilyn Tanner at a committee hearing Tuesday over a Hoffman Estates woman who won't be allowed to keep the same ...
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Some local mayors back same-sex marriageOct 29, 2013 12:00 pm - A group of suburban mayors is circulating a letter backing same-sex marriage as lawmakers could be poised to take a deciding vote on the issue next week. Same-sex marria...