Southern lawmakers back bill overriding Quinn veto on grid overhaul
Votes from Southern Illinois lawmakers show House 74 42 and Senate 36 19 overrides of Gov Quinn on Senate Bill 1652 permitting Ameren Illinois and Commonwealth Edison to rebuild electric grids with rate hikes for ten years. Critics call it a Trojan Horse for guaranteed profits while defenders cite jobs and smarter grids.
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Southern Illinois
Gov. Quinn
House
Mike Best
Murphysboro
John Bradley
Marion
Brandon Phelps
Harrisburg
Jerry Costello II
Smithton
Senate
Illinois
Commonwealth Illinois
General Assembly
Assembly
Pat Quinn
Ameren Illinois
Commonwealth Edison
Quinn
Lisa Madigan
Madigan
ComEd and
Ameren
ComEd
Ameren Corporation
NYSE
AEE
Thomas R. Voss
Letters to the Editor Policy Clarifies Submissions
Policy outlines that letters up to 250 words must be signed with a hometown, include a phone number for verification, and may be edited. It lists contact numbers and emails for submission and notes libelous or personal attacks are not published.
Official contact list for Illinois lawmakers
A roster of U S senators representatives and state officials with phone numbers and web addresses including Mark Kirk Dick Durbin John Shimkus Jerry Costello Mike Bost Gary Forby David Li and Jerry Costello II. It provides district and office lines and email handles for constituent outreach.
Jobs crisis ends with Alabama harvest boom for real Americans
Leonard Pitts Jr. argues that Alabama’s immigration crackdown removed Hispanic labor from farms, creating job opportunities for native workers. He cites harvest shortages, potential $40 million economic loss, and praise for U.S. labor when legal workers are scarce. The piece includes Pitts’s provocative tone and cites Florida orange and Georgia peach imagery.
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Leonard
Pitts JR
Alabama
Bama
Connie Horner
Associated Press
Lamestream Media
Oneonta
Ala
Homerville
Barstow
Calif
Congress
Golden Pen Award finalists announced for October letters
The Southern Illinoisan and the southern.com invite readers to vote through November 11 for the best October 2011 letter. Finalists include Myrtle Schluter of Anna Lynn Reiman of Ava and Stephanie Wood of Carbondale. The winner earns a gold pen and editor column recognition.
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Southern Illinoisan
Thesouthern.com
Myrtle Schluter
Anna
America
Lynn Reiman
Ava
Sheila Simon
Stephanie Wood
Carbondale
Thesouthern
Gary Metro
The
N. Illinois Ave
Miners Strikes and University Labor Equity Echo
SIU Carbondale union members, many from the local area, advocate for economic justice amid strikes and contract instability. The letter defends miners and teaching assistants, calling for alumni support for fair treatment and stable contracts to benefit students, alumni, and Southern Illinois communities.
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SIUC
SIU Carbondale Union
SIU
Southern Illinois
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David Luechtefeld
R-Okanville
John Q. Jones
R-Mount Vernon
Gary Forby
D-Benton
Bradley
Gary
Metro
de Soto
Psed County
Voice of the
Southern Illinoisan PO
Gary, Metro
Mark Fitton
U.S
Mark Kirk
Kirk
Dick Durbin
Durbin
John Shimkus
House.gov
Shimkus
Jerry Costello
Costello
Gmail
Mike Bost
Mike.bost
Hotmail
Senatorforby
Yahoo.com
David Li
Midwest
Jerry F. Costello Ii
Heartbeat OF America
Leonard Pitts JR
Miami Herald
Miamiherald
Marva Nelson Siuc
Champaign
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