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Ill. Senate overrides Quinn veto of smart grid rate hike
Tribune reportersRejecting Gov. Pat Quinn's plea to not increase power rates to help improve some of the state's electrical grid, the Illinois senate voted to override his veto of a bill that bulks up the revenue Commonwealth Edison will receive as it modernizes the...Tags: Executive Branch, Illinois Governor, Springfield, Energy, Energy Saving
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Illinois EPA to increase water testing near Clinton Landfill
The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill.The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency will increase oversight of hazardous waste disposal at Clinton Landfill, two state senators have announced. State Sens. Chapin Rose, R-Mahomet, and Mike Frerichs, D-Champaign, announced the IEPA will...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Cleanup, Environmental Issues, Environmental Politics, Water
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Lawmakers don't like Quinn closure plans
Clout StreetA panel of Democratic and Republican lawmakers on Tuesday recommended against Gov. Pat Quinn’s plan to close six state facilities, including the state’s only super-maximum prison in downstate Tamms. The governor proposed closing the sites...Tags: Justice System, Executive Branch, Illinois Governor, Matt Murphy, Prisons
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On the 'Scholarship' list in Springfield
Change of SubjectWhere do our lawmakers stand on the issue of legislative scholarships -- those tuition waivers that members of the state house and senate have traditionally been allowed to dispense to constituents? As part of the renewed effort to abolish that......
May 21, 2013
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Jan 31, 2012
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