Gray aims to push 268 million highway plan for Illinois
U S Rep Ken Gray plans a bill to release 268 million dollars in federal highway funds for Illinois. The proposal includes converting Illinois 13 from Shawneetown to St Louis Illinois 3 from Chester to St Louis and U S 51 from Cairo to I 64 Centralia into four lane highways. Gray says funds are held in escrow and not adding to the deficit and he will meet with state transportation officials and Southern Illinois lawmakers in February to discuss the three new four lane routes.
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Ken Gray
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St. Louis
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Cook County
Chicago
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Ken Gray Returns to Congress With Boon for District
Gray’s return to Congress draws praise for political skill and seniority from colleagues and lobbyists while critics warn he may trade merit for favors. He plans to push public works and use logrolling, saying he will help others on their legislation in return for support on his. Observers note his reform of image and a restrained office, yet question if his past as a flamboyant “playboy” will fade.
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Veterans Affairs Committee
Washington
House Public Works
Page
Prince of Pork
Lakes
Environment
Brent Blackwelder
Environmental Policy Institute
Blackwelder
Congress
Carter Monasco
National Coal Association
Monasco
Ohio
Mississippi
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Ken Gray
National Visitors Center
Transportation
Elizabeth Dole
Amtrak
Vistors Center
Interior
Transportation Departments
Hardin County
Congressional
Air Force
Tiger
No place for a negative attitude by Nancy Weil
Gary Austin director of the Rehabilitation Institute at Southern Illinois University Carbondale stresses treating people as individuals not by labels. He notes society’s bias toward the ideal body and work, outlines the Institute’s mission and recent moves, and highlights a growing rehabilitation frontier aided by technology and research while urging inclusive attitudes for all who have handicaps or disabilities.
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Nancy. Weil
Southern Iindsan
Gary Austin
Austin
Rehabilitation Institute
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
SIUC
Brockman Schumacher
Northern Illinois University
Institute On Deafness
Institute On
Louis Vieceli
Rehabilitation Administration and Services
Jerome Lorenz
Richard Baker
Air Illinois
Pinckneyville
Lorenz
Baker
United States
Joneer
SIU
Unions and farm groups renew limited alliance
Labor unions and farm organizations explore common ground in Missouri and Illinois with the American Agriculture Movement. AFL-CIO leaders discuss past efforts for parity and wage bills while Illinois activists cite new base-value legislation and mayoral access during protests. The two groups seek closer cooperation, mainly on lobbying and information sharing, without broad political action.
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Norm Heikens
American Agriculture Movement
AAM
Chicago Board of Trade
Afl-Cio
Missouri
Illinois
Daniel McVey
McVey
Illinois Public Action Council
Bill Rowe
Rowe
United Auto Workers
Chicago
Board of Trade
Illinois Director of Agriculture
Dave Senter
Washington, D.C
Senter
Dongola woman found guilty of murder and manslaughter
Mary A. Batson, 36, of Dongola, was found guilty by a Johnson County jury on murder voluntary manslaughter and reckless homicide charges tied to the Oct. 16 death of Brenda Denson in the Bee Hive tavern parking lot at Buncombe. The lighter theft dispute and vehicle backing were central to the case.
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Larry Davis
Southern
Charles Denham Jr
Batson
Larry Brooking
James R. Williamson
Mrs. Denson
Mrs. Batson
Vienna
Douglas Strawhacker
Strawhacker
Student Benjamin Andrews Killed In Car Crash Near Carbondale
Benjamin Andrews, 27, a Southern Illinois University student and part time The Southern Illinoisan employee, died early Saturday when his car overturned on U.S. 51 about two miles south of Carbondale. Deputies said he lost control around 4:40 a.m. and the car struck a utility pole. no others were in the vehicle. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Memorial Hospital in Carbondale. The sheriff's department continues the investigation.
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Southern Illinois University
U.S. 51
Carbondale
Jackson County
Andrews
Makanda
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