Articles filed under Politics
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Illinois' new laws: No indoor tanning if under 18, cellphone rulesJan 01, 2014 5:30 am - Many state laws that take effect today were enacted months ago, and Illinoisans recovering from weeks of holiday celebrating might have forgotten about them entirely. Bu...
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Medical pot legal, but state needs time to write rulesJan 01, 2014 5:30 am - The state's first medical marijuana law officially takes effect today, but people with cancer, multiple sclerosis and other diseases will have to wait another year or lo...
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Barbara Bush hospitalized in HoustonDec 31, 2013 9:14 pm - HOUSTON — Former first lady Barbara Bush has been hospitalized in Houston with a respiratory-related issue, her husband’s office said Tuesday night. The statement from t...
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Kirk, 11-year-old inspire fellow stroke victimsDec 31, 2013 4:59 pm - OAKWOOD, Ill. — Jackson Cunningham lurches across the gym during a recess game, racing a fellow sixth-grader toward a doorstop tossed onto the floor. His right side is o...
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Audit: State pension payments up in coming yearDec 31, 2013 2:47 pm - SPRINGFIELD — The amount Illinois must pay to keep pace with its pension systems should grow less than 2 percent next year but still total nearly $7 billion, according t...
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A Remap Referendum: How you can helpDec 31, 2013 8:41 am - It is one thing to declare, as we have in previous installments of this editorial series, that Illinois’ system for establishing legislative boundaries is a travesty tha...
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Illinois’ past-due bills fall to $7.6 billionDec 30, 2013 1:54 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Illinois will end 2013 with $7.6 billion in unpaid bills, a 15 percent reduction from a year earlier, officials said Monday. Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka...
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State financials will be included in tax returnsDec 30, 2013 1:54 pm - State Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka says Illinois residents will get a breakdown of state spending in income tax returns received in 2014. Topinka announced the initiat...
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New director named to Illinois torture commissionDec 30, 2013 1:53 pm - A former federal prosecutor who most recently has worked as a Harvard University attorney has been picked to lead an Illinois commission investigating allegations of tor...
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Roskam, Truax, Cross headline Palatine GOP eventDec 30, 2013 1:32 pm - U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam, U.S. Senate candidate Doug Truax and Illinois Treasurer candidate Tom Cross will be among the guests Saturday, Jan. 4 when the Palatine Township ...