Senate Keeps St. Clair in Authority Over Expo Site
The Senate sustained an amendatory veto to include St. Clair County with Madison County in the expo authority. Sen. Vince Demuzio’s override attempt fell one vote short at 35. The bill originally focused on Madison County, while St. Clair representatives gained a seat on the governing board.
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St. Clair
Springfield
St. Clair County
Madison County
Vince Demuzio
D-Carlinville
Daniel Walker
Illinois lawmakers override 90 million in Walker vetoes
The Illinois House and Senate override about 90 million dollars in spending vetoes by Gov. Walker as they recess the fall session. Overrides focus on bond money for construction at community colleges and capital projects, with a Chicago Provi dent Hospital replacement bill moving forward non-veto action.
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Illinois House
Senate
Daniel Walker
Walker
James Thompson
House
Provident Hospital
Chicago
Thompson
Thas
University of Illinois Medical Center
College of Veterinary Medicine
Sangamon State University
Death Penalty Bill Fails in Senate Rules Committee
The Illinois Senate Rules Committee blocks a House-passed death penalty bill, leaving no action in the current session. Supporters led by Senate sponsors aimed to bring the bill to a floor vote. The measure would restore capital punishment for certain murders, following a 122 to 45 House approval. Southern lawmakers from several districts backed the bill. no Southern legislators opposed it. The 1973 law was invalidated by the state Supreme Court, and the last execution occurred in 1962.
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Philip J. Rock
Illinois House
Senate
Rules Committee
House
Southern Illinois
Ralph Dunn
R-Du Quoin
Robert Winchester
R-Rosiclare
Vincent Birchler
D-Chester
Richard O. Hart
D-Benton
Bruce Richmond
Murphysboro
Clyde Choate
D-Anna
Tmlinovis Supreme Court
Princeton makes no decision on dump site
After months of hearings the Bureau County Zoning Board of Appeals will not recommend expansion of the nuclear dump near Sheffield. Three of five members favored expansion but four votes are needed. NECO expects a county board rejection and may challenge in court. objectors cited 34 pounds of plutonium buried at the site.
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Princeton
Bureau County Zoning Board of Appeals
Sheffield
Harold Johnson
Roger Pierson
Nuclear Engineering Co
NECO
Organization helps blind in New York reforming services
The American Foundation for the Blind acts as an information clearinghouse on blindness and promotes development of educational rehabilitation and social welfare services for blind and multi handicapped deaf blind children and adults.
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American Foundation For the Blind
King Tut's Mask on Tour Across U.S. Museums
The gold mask of Tutankhamun and 54 other tomb treasures, loaned by the Egyptian government, open at the National Gallery of Art and will travel to Chicago New Orleans Los Angeles Seattle and New York over the next two and a half years.
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Tutankhamun
United States
National Gallery of Art
Chicago
New Orleans
Los Angeles
Seattle
New York
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