Editorials The float test and riverboat cruising rules
A Chicago area editorial harshly questions Illinois riverboat cruising rules as license renewals loom for ten casinos. It cites Administrator Michael Belletire’s focus on adherence, notes boats rarely move, and criticizes revolving-door ethics among officials and lobbyists while mocking state insistence on cruising.
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Illinois Gaming Board
Michael Belletire
Joliet
Belletire
Gaming Board
William Kunkle
Alabama
Board
Donna More
Weller aims to turn Joliet Arsenal lands into public treasure
Rep Jerry Weller pushes a plan to convert 19000 acres of the Joliet Arsenal into a prairie conservation area east of the Mississippi with Forest Service management. The proposal also calls for 3000 acres on tax rolls for industry, an 910 acre national veterans cemetery, and 425 acres for a Will County landfill, with a House committee meeting planned at the arsenal.
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Jerry Weller
R-Morris
Joliet Arsenal
Congress
U.S
George Sangmeister
D-Mokena
Senate Armed Services Committee
House
Weller
Senate
Paul Simon
Sangmeister
Mississippi
U.S. Forest Service
Department of Veterans Affairs
Camp Butler
Springfield
Will County
Sam Nunn
Georgia
John Glenn
Ohio
House Committee
Arsenal
America
Simon
Senate Committee
Peotone
Governors State speech honors Rev. King Day with Yolanda King
Yolanda King recalls life with her father during a Governors State University address marking Rev. Martin Luther King Jr Day. The event frames the day as a reminder to act, not a day off, emphasizing the civil rights legacy.
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Martin Luther
Yolanda King
Martin Luther King Jr
Father
Governors State University
Martin Luther King
One Opinion A LWV guest column marks 75th anniversary
The column notes the League of Women Voters 75th anniversary on Feb 14 tracing its 1920 founding in Chicago near the Congress Hotel and the 19th Amendment. It describes the LWV as nonpartisan yet activist, researching issues before forming positions and educating the public. Lazaraton and Parhad, co-presidents of the Homewood Flossmoor Area LWV, sign off.
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League of Women Voters
Chicago
Congress Hotel
National Woman Suffrage Association
League
Carrie Chapman Catt
World Bank
NATO
United Nations
U.S
LWV
Homewood-Flossmoor
Homewood
H-F
Chicago Heights
H-F League
Harding
Clinton
Village Hall
Capitol Hill
Lazaraton
Parhad
Homewood-Flossmoor Area
Readers respond to Camp Paros plans and council selloff
Letters praise the council volunteers for months of work on Camp Paros and the 2000 outlook. They explain the difficult recommendation to sell part of the troop camp to fund future Girl Scouts programs while preserving the most used areas. Community input is welcomed as the full picture is weighed.
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Camp
Paros
Girl Scouts
Park Forest Postal Worker Earns Praise for Help
A Park Forest Post Office employee is praised for assisting with locating an out-of-state ZIP code and address for an elderly relative during the Christmas rush. The letter notes the kindness led to a happy recipient and honors the worker's dedication.
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Park Forest
Dawn Parker
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Charlene Parhad
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Cicero Avenue
Sauk Trail
Cicero
Rich South High School
Matthew Coppens
Robert and
Ruth Baker
Swanson
Richton Park
Matt Coppens
Rich Township Emergency Services and Disaster Agency
Rich Sout
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