Mike Riopell
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New gambling machines bypass casino addiction safeguardsAug 26, 2013 5:15 am - Gambling was a way for her to get away. Maybe win a few bucks. Try to have some fun. She said it's not an uncommon way for health care workers to try to relax. “I think ...
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Kirk’s anti-gang push has suburban rootsAug 23, 2013 5:13 pm - U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk’s push to curb street gang violence in Chicago has roots in similar efforts he made as a suburban congressman representing a district where he and ot...
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Quinn or Daley? Link isn't sayingAug 22, 2013 9:00 am - Gov. Pat Quinn's campaign sent us a list of 70 Democratic Party county chairmen who he says support his re-election bid over former White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley...
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German Rittal Corp. to put U.S. headquarters in SchaumburgAug 22, 2013 1:00 am - German manufacturing company Rittal Corp. will be moving its U.S. headquarters to Schaumburg, the company and Gov. Pat Quinn are set to announce today. The company and 4...
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NIU shooting victim's mom pushes for background checksAug 21, 2013 5:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - The mother of a suburban Northern Illinois University student who was killed at the mass shooting there five years ago is pushing Congress to approve unive...
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Cross considers statewide office, could leave leadershipAug 21, 2013 10:00 am - A month after declining a run for state attorney general and saying he was committed to his current job, Illinois House Republican Leader Tom Cross of Oswego told fellow...
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Most suburban highways exempt from new 70 mph limitAug 19, 2013 6:00 am - The speed limit on most Chicago and suburban expressways will stay 55 mph even though a bill signed Monday by Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn will let drivers go 70 mph elsewher...
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Suburban hazing scandals spawn new criminal offenseAug 16, 2013 4:57 pm - The 2012 hazing scandals at Maine West and Hoffman Estates high schools have led to the creation of a new criminal offense in Illinois for failure to report hazing. Gov....
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Quinn OKs heroin task forceAug 16, 2013 2:10 pm - Gov. Pat Quinn signed legislation today creating a task force aimed at beating back the rising use of heroin in the suburbs and throughout Illinois. The proposal, from s...
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Democrat Anderson will run for Hultgren’s seatAug 15, 2013 6:00 pm - Democrat Dennis Anderson of Gurnee is planning a second run for the congressional seat now held by Republican U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren of Winfield. Anderson lost to Hult...