Downstate and minority groups urge intact counties in remap
Illinois Senate Redistricting hearings heard from Shelby County’s Dennis Fisher and Effingham County’s Randy Becker who urged keeping counties whole to avoid confusing multiple lawmakers and wrong ballots. Chicago area minorities also pressed for intact communities to boost political influence as maps are drafted for the next decade.
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Shelby County
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Effingham County
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Becker
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Williamson
Rock Island
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Rogers Park
General Assembly
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Colorado police pepper spray 8 year old boy
Eight year old Aidan Elliott threw a TV and chairs at his elementary school and tried to use a cart to force a door. Police intervened after staff could not calm him, finding him armed with a wooden knife like trim piece and a cardboard box. A pepper spray hit him in the head after he blocked the spray with the box.
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Aidan Elliott
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Aidan
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Illinois pushes crackdown on synthetic drugs in legislature
Illinois lawmakers press to curb the spread of synthetic substances mimicking marijuana and other drugs. The House passed a bath salts bill and awaits Senate action as poison control reports rising calls. officials warn these substances evolve rapidly and threaten public safety.
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Springfield
Illinois
Illinois House
Senate
American Association of
Najja Howard
Bill Haine
Alton
Six Illinois high schools win teen driving contest
Thirty five high schools including Cairo Elverado Herrin Johnston City Murphysboro and NCOE earned Operation Teen Safe Driving honors for 2011 The program spurs peer education on unsafe driving and Ford Fund will fund Driving Skills for Life Ride and Drive events later this month State officials report a drop in teen driving fatalities since 2007.
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