Illinois GOP proposes cutting state phones amid landline decline
Illinois Senate Republicans release a report claiming 6.7 billion in potential savings by cutting spending and raising employee pension and health contributions. They propose reducing state issued phones by half, though critics note landlines fund 911 systems and wireless use surges. Rep. Don Moffitt discusses higher cell taxes and emergency loans to keep 911 services viable.
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Illinois Commerce Commission
Springfield
State Journal-Register
Moffitt
Illinois General Assembly mid-session reads and bills standing
The spring session nears its halfway point as lawmakers review numerous proposed measures including barbers must wear rubber gloves for shaves, ISU golf course beer service, a farmer focused website, and a dorm milk crate theft crackdown. Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka, recovering from knee replacement, plans to attend sessions with a cane.
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Gary Forby
D-Benton
Dan Brady
Bloomington
Illinois State University
Adam Brown
Decatur
Chapin Rose
R-Mahomet
Eastern Illinois University
Judy Baar
Topinka
Brad Hahn
Springfield
Aristide Returns to Haiti After Seven Years in Exile
Democracy Now writer Amy Goodman chronicles Jean Bertrand Aristide’s dramatic return from South Africa to Haiti, seven years after his U.S. backed removal. He lands to cheering crowds in Port au Prince and calls for inclusion of Fanmi Lavalas in elections amid ongoing Haiti crises.
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Central African Republic
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Mark Toner
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Frantz Gabriel
Barack Obama
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Zuma
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Port-au- Prince
Fanmi Lavalas
Denis Moynihan
The liberals blind us with science in Ann Coulter column
Ann Coulter mocks liberals for dismissing hormesis and science while citing scientists and Times reporting. She attacks MSNBC host Ed Schultz for lacking expert references and accuses liberals of misusing science to push policy, citing AIDS coverage and alar scare as proof.
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U.S
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Michael Bracken
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