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STATE CAPITOL: Stem cell bill heads to governorMay 31, 2007 11:00 pm - By DANA HEUPEL STATE CAPITOL BUREAU SPRINGFIELD -- Legislation sent to the governor's desk Thursday would encourage research into stem cells, including thos...
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OVERTIME Lawmakers go home with big issues still on tableMay 31, 2007 11:00 pm - Already past a May 31 adjournment deadline for the spring legislative session, state lawmakers headed home for the weekend Friday without resolving two of the biggest ...
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STATE CAPITOL: Cable TV legislation passed HouseMay 31, 2007 11:00 pm - By ADRIANA COLINDRES STATE CAPITOL BUREAU SPRINGFIELD -- By a vote of 113-0, the Illinois House Thursday approved a measure that supporters say will heighten com...
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Granlund: TBMay 31, 2007 11:00 pm - Granlund cartoon on TB and travel ...
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STATE CAPITOL: Lawmakers require period of school silenceMay 31, 2007 11:00 pm - By ADRIANA COLINDRES STATE CAPITOL BUREAU SPRINGFIELD -- The House voted 86-26 on Thursday to send the governor legislation that would require Illinois public sc...
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STATE CAPITOL: Session continues; gambling bill OK'd by SenateMay 31, 2007 11:00 pm - By DOUG FINKE and ADRIANA COLINDRES STATE CAPITOL BUREAU Illinois lawmakers headed into an overtime session today, unable to reach agreement on a new state budge...
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STATE CAPITOL: Budget pact now linked to electric ratesMay 31, 2007 11:00 pm - By DOUG FINKE and ADRIANA COLINDRES STATE CAPITOL BUREAU SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois lawmakers were headed to an overtime session Thursday, unable to reach agreement...
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STATE CAPITOL: No state budget agreement by deadlineMay 31, 2007 11:00 pm - By DOUG FINKE and ADRIANA COLINDRES STATE CAPITOL BUREAU SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois lawmakers headed into an overtime session today (Friday), unable to reach agreem...
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STATE CAPITOL: Clergy ask for moral budgetMay 30, 2007 11:00 pm - By DANA HEUPEL STATE CAPITOL BUREAU SPRINGFIELD -- A group of clergy appealed Thursday to lawmakers and Gov. Rod Blagojevich to act morally in drafting a state b...
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House Democrats' budget limits spendingMay 30, 2007 11:00 pm - By DOUG FINKE STATE CAPITOL BUREAU SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois House Democrats issued a budget plan of their own Wednesday that gives a sig...