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Illinois House panel OKs fracking measure
A bill to regulate horizontal hydraulic fracturing in Illinois was unanimously passed by a House committee Tuesday amid chants of "shame" from opponents who packed the hearing. The bill is expected to be voted on by the full House this week, perhaps...
Tags: Petroleum Industry, Illinois Governor, John E. Bradley, Entertainment, Pat Quinn
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Editorial: It's about safe water
A state board assigned to protect the environment is taking a second look at a controversial ruling it issued last year. The Illinois Pollution Control Board will revisit a ruling on groundwater protection at certain dump sites. The board has...
Tags: Environmental Pollution, Government, Water, Illinois Governor, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Illinois Chamber, AFL-CIO agree on compromise over fracking rules
It's no secret our two organizations, the Illinois Chamber of Commerce and the AFL-CIO, don't always see eye to eye on issues. However, we're proud that the issue of hydraulic fracturing is one where our voices have united as part of a broader coalition...Tags: Government, Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace, Energy Resources, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Concealed carry rules for Illinois emerge but face uncertain fate
— A measure spelling out who can carry concealed handguns and where they can carry them emerged Thursday after months of contentious negotiations, a system with one set of rules for violence-plagued Chicago and another for the rest of Illinois....Tags: Firearms, Health, Rahm Emanuel, Government, Brandon W. Phelps
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Bus company's lawsuits anger students, parents
University of Illinois student Ryan Tompkins bought a discounted bus fare for 50 cents to visit a friend at Illinois State University in November 2011. More than a year later, a FedEx envelope arrived at his parents' Edgebrook home. The bus company,...
Tags: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Students, Teaching and Learning, Trials, Colleges and Universities
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Attorney general wants time to consider concealed weapons appeal
Tribune reporterSPRINGFIELD—Attorney General Lisa Madigan has asked for more time to decide whether to appeal the federal court ruling that would require Illinois to put in place a law that allows for concealed weapons. Madigan’s move would give the General...Tags: Interior Policy, Trials, Weaponry, U.S. Supreme Court, National Rifle Association of America
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Feds: Ex-water supervisor hid use of tainted well
Crestwood's former water supervisor may have signed public documents that concealed the use of a contaminated well, but she was merely a clerk who took orders from top village officials, one of her attorneys told a federal jury Tuesday. "Theresa...
Tags: Public Officials, Government, Water, Trials, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Judge did right thing by banning cellphones in courtrooms
Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans kept hearing complaints from his judges about street gangs in their courtrooms using cellphones to photograph witnesses. "They're bold and they're brash," Evans told me the other day. "They think they can do it in...
Tags: Murder, Trials, Witnesses, Cook County Board of Commissioners, Electronics
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District 112 teacher still has questions about asbestos removal
North Shore School District 112 was fined two years ago for multiple violations regarding asbestos removal projects at several of its schools dating back to 2007, but one teacher is still seeking answers. Steve Bartel, a Lincoln School fifth grade...
Tags: Air Pollution, Health, Environmental Pollution, Mesothelioma, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Supreme Court weighs whether to hear case on guns in public
WASHINGTON — While Congress debates proposals for tighter gun regulation, the Supreme Court is weighing whether to consider striking down state laws that strictly limit who can carry a gun in public. When the justices ruled in 2008 and 2010 that...Tags: Firearms, Interior Policy, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Congress, Trials
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Ex-Crestwood water operator pleads guilty in contamination case
Tribune reportersA state inspector visiting south suburban Crestwood in 2007 had a question for one of its top water officials: How could the village have pumped out more water than it had claimed to purchase from nearby Alsip? Certified water operator Frank Scaccia...Tags: Government, Trials, U.S. Supreme Court, Criminals, Crime, Law and Justice
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Michelle Obama: Violence against kids 'personal'
As politicians in Washington took a step toward tightening the nation's gun laws Wednesday, first lady Michelle Obama sat down with Chicago high school students whose stories about violence brought her to tears. Before the meeting began at Harper High...Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Students, Teaching and Learning, Hadiya Pendleton, Cook County Board of Commissioners
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