Illinois Senate readies transit rescue plan for vote
The Illinois Senate advances a six bill package from Senate President Rock to a final vote by May 29. The plan imposes a 5 percent oil products tax, boosts auto license fees, and replaces the Chicago RTA board with a Northern Illinois Transportation Authority while continuing some transit taxes in the six county RTA area. Republicans critique the plan as insufficient and pursue a separate road and RT A reform.
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Springfield
Illinois Senate
Senate
Philip J. Rock
James R. Thompson
House
Thompson
Chicago
Mass-Transit Board
Cook County
Rock
RTA
Northern Illinois Transportation Authority
Ter
Chicago Transit Authority
Chicago-area Transit Board
Rock’s
DuPage
Kane, Lake
McHenry
Will
Illinois House rejects librarian protection bill
The Illinois House voted 123 to 32 to defeat a measure that would have criminalized librarians for giving youths books deemed obscene or harmful. The debate tied to a Oak Lawn library controversy and drew opposition from the American Civil Liberties Union and librarian groups.
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Springfield
Illinois
House
Jane Barnes
Oak Lawn
American Civil Liberties Union
Senate
Ralph Dunn
C.L. McCormick
James Rea
Bruce Richmond
Robert Winchester
Wayne Alstat
Illinois House votes down gay rights bill 115 32
In a rare emotional session lawmakers rejected a package of bills to prevent employment and housing discrimination based on sexual orientation. Key witnesses and supporters invoked Lincoln as debate touched on rights for homosexuals, amid warnings that denying rights could open doors to other groups.
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Springfield
Abraham Lincoln
Illinois
Lincoln
Case
John Vitek
Chicago
House
Hudson
R-Hinsdale
U.S
Elroy Sandquist
Court bars Klan violence as shrimpers head out
A federal judge issued a 60 day shrimping season order barring Klan armed patrols and robed parades near Galveston Bay. Vietnamese refugee shrimpers say the Klan's actions included boat burnings and intimidation but the injunction seeks to end the harassment while allowing the fleet to fish.
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Houston
Ku Klux Klan
Galveston Bay
Texas Klan
Galveston Bay Area
Nguyen van Nam
Klan
Texas
Saigon
U.S
Gabrielle McDonald
Rain lifts Centralia reservoir to near-record level
Centralia gains water in Raccoon Lake after a rainy week boosts levels to 59 inches below the spillway gates. Water plant supervisor Kenneth Oestreich said the reservoir is in better shape, with runoff expected to raise levels further as creeks run. The lake had dropped to 87 inches below the gates in February. Centralia has received 2.38 inches of rain since Saturday, with the Salem plant reporting 0.71 inch of rainfall.
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Centralia
Illinois
Kenneth Oestreich
Raccoon Lake
Salem
Reagan's son to quit job over solicit controversy
Michael Reagan plans to resign as vice president of marketing for Dana File Profile, amid a March 24 letter to Tinker Air Force Base linking his firm to U.S. military contracts. He says he is tired of explanations and fears press attention, while officials say no federal conflict laws were violated.
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Washington
Michael Meonne
U.S
White House
Reagan
Michael
Michael Reagan
Dana Ingalls
Burbank
Calif
Tinker Air Force Base
Oklahoma
Dana
NBC News
San Fernando Valley
U.S. Justice Department
Office of Federal Procurement Policy, Defensement
Office of Government Ethics
No illegal equipment found on Soviet jet
The United States will return cargo from a Soviet jetliner after confirming no strategic items were seized. Customs chief William T. Archey defended the raid at Dulles International Airport, saying violations were only paperwork errors and no law was breached. The Soviets denounced the action and may seek reparations.
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Washington
United States
Customs Service
William T. Archey
Dulles International
Moscow
Kremlin
Archey
Customs
FBI
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Carol Moseley Braun
Emil Jones
Jones
KKK
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Nam Nyegn
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Armstrong
Philadelphia
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