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Ill. Amtrak train set to hit 110 mph in test run
CHICAGO (AP) — In a modest milestone for President Barack Obama's high-speed rail vision, test runs will start zooming along a small section of the Amtrak line between Chicago and St. Louis at 110 mph on Friday. The 30-mph increase from the route's...Tags: Illinois Governor, Washington, DC, Government, Republican Party, Mitt Romney
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Illinois Amtrak train hits 110 mph in test run
JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — An Amtrak passenger train has reached a speed of 110 mph for the first time in Illinois. The train reached the speed Friday morning in a modest milestone for President Barack Obama's high-speed rail vision. The five-car, two-...
Tags: Amtrak, Barack Obama
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Illinois' death row officially shuts down
CHICAGO (AP) — Death row in Illinois is dead. On Friday, a ban that Gov. Pat Quinn signed into law in March took effect. It's a quiet last chapter to the story of capital punishment in Illinois, which captured the attention of the world in 2000...Tags: Credit and Debt, George Ryan, Illinois Governor, Illinois, Government
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Illinois abolishes death penalty, clears death row
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — After two decades of debate about the risk of executing an innocent person, Illinois abolished the death penalty Wednesday, a decision that was certain to fuel renewed calls for other states to do the same. Gov. Pat Quinn,...Tags: Murder, George Ryan, Human Interest, California, Susana Martinez
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Bill to abolish Ill. death penalty heading to gov.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A bill to abolish the death penalty in Illinois is on its way to Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn. The state Senate voted 32-25 Tuesday to abolish the punishment. The House passed the legislation last week. The landmark...Tags: Chicago, Credit and Debt, George Ryan, Illinois Governor, Regional Authority
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Illinois House votes to abolish death penalty
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois House has approved a plan to abolish capital punishment in a whirlwind reversal on a historic vote. The legislation to halt state-sponsored execution gained the necessary 60 votes Thursday after an earlier...Tags: George Ryan, Illinois Governor, Human Interest, Punishment, Laws
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Indiana launches $250K ad blitz for Illinois businesses
HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) — State and local officials in northwest Indiana are investing $250,000 in an advertising campaign to lure Illinois businesses across the state line. They say billboards and television and print ads will appear across Illinois...Tags: Illinois Governor, Unemployment Benefits, Advertising, Economy, Business and Finance, Munster
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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel pushing city-owned casino
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel says he favors establishing a casino in the city, provided certain "conditions" are met.
One Emanuel condition is that the city owns the casino, an echo of a demand made by former Mayor Richard M. Daley....Tags: Richard M. Daley, Regional Authority, Government, Rahm Emanuel, Michael Madigan
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Lawmakers may punt on pensions
State lawmakers return to the Capitol on Wednesday to consider fixes to Illinois' financially woeful government worker pension system, but the heaviest lifting they're likely to do is to vote to form a committee to seek an elusive compromise. Lacking...
Tags: Pension and Welfare, Illinois Supreme Court, Tom Cross, Christine Radogno, Lisa Madigan
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Don't count Cullerton out
"You must be one of those (expletives) from Room 6." I don't remember the first 10 words my now-wife spoke to me back then, much less the exact first words of old friends. Except, that is, for Illinois Senate President John J. Cullerton, D-Chicago....
Tags: Illinois Governor, Pension and Welfare, Interior Policy, Wheaton, Teaching and Learning
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Buffalo Grove delays assault weapons ban discussion
With one dissenting vote, the Buffalo Grove Village Board voted Monday night to defer a discussion and vote on an assault-weapons ban. A standing-room-only crowd of more than 60 residents waited more than an hour for the board to reach the agenda item...
Tags: Gun Control, Illinois Governor, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Local Government, Interior Policy
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Northbrook officials urged to pas gun ban
Northbrook trustees have been asked to provide free gun locks for residents and to pass an ordinance banning assault weapons. Resident Johannah Hebl, who has been advocating for local gun control since the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in...
Tags: Gun Control, Personal Weapon Control, Illinois Governor, Government, Interior Policy
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