Lawmakers push closed sessions for security and class size grants
State Rep. Renee Kosel previews spring measures to expand closed sessions for school boards to discuss security equipment and personnel. She also promotes grants to reduce K-5 class sizes to 18 to 23 students, costing about 50 million annually, and mandatory field sobriety tests for suspected drunk or drugged drivers.
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Springfield
Renee Kosel
New Lenox
Kosel
General Assembly
Colorado
George H. Ryan
Cook County
Will County
Church group renews its battle against casino ATMs
Springfield reports that the Illinois Church Action on Alcohol Problems and allied religious groups renewed a push to ban automatic teller machines at riverboats and horse racing venues. The measure would bar cash access at boats tracks and off track betting parlors and deny loans to gamblers, with violations treated as misdemeanors.
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Starhouse
Springfield
Illinois Church Action
Maggie Crotty
D-Oak Forest
Kevin McCarthy
D-Orland Park
Tucaap
Renee Kosel
Rnew Lenox
Anne Zickus
Palos Hills
Incaap
Anita Bedel
Statehouse
Bedell
Missouri
Minnesota
Ryan
Iois Gaming Board
Lawmakers push on crossings and horn rule clash
Illinois lawmakers push region wide authority to fix blocked crossings and curb horn noise. O'Malley Brosnahan and others seek federal action against a rule forcing horn blows at all crossings unless safety devices prevent bypass. They cite Blue Island delays and Bourbonnais crashes, urging local control and regional construction plans.
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Brosnahan
O'Malley
Illinois
Blue Island
Donald Peloquin
Peloquin
CSX
127Th St
California Ave
Lawrence Walsh
D-Elwood
Renee Kozel
New Lenox
Anne Zickus
Palos Hills
Bourbonnais
Walsh
Will County
Pat O'Neil
ICC
Ser Shaw
D-Dalton
Tine Radogne
R-Lagrange
Sored
Robert Molaro
Chicago
Molaro
Ilinois
Cal Skinner
Crystal Lake
House
Sears January insert corrects price for Craftsman Chest and Cabinet
In our Sears January 30 insert we correct the price display for the 65904/5 Craftsman Chest and Cabinet Combo. The ad shows separate price total $329.95, regular combo price $299.95, 10 percent cash back rebate, final price $269.95, saving $60. We apologize for any inconvenience to customers.
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