Illinois veto session eyed amid cuts and policy fights
Gov Pat Quinn faces a crowded fall veto session agenda in Springfield with plans to close seven state facilities and lay off 1900 workers. A broad gambling expansion and Ameren ComEd rate-change push loom, while bills on road kill collection, health contract bidding, lawmakers scholarships, and red light rules for motorcycles face scrutiny. The six day session runs Oct 25 27 and Nov 8 10 with Kurt Erickson coordinating from the Springfield Bureau.
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Senate
Ameren and
ComEd
Illinois
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Urbanabased Health Alliance
Umm, Health Alliance
Occupy Wall Street protesters face police aggression and legal victory
Democracy Now host Amy Goodman recaps mass arrests during Occupy Wall Street protests, citing a landmark settlement with St. Paul Minneapolis police and the U.S. Secret Service. It covers journalist arrests, police training promises, a JPMorgan Chase donation to the NYPD Foundation, and tensions between public rights and corporate influence.
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Minneapolis
St. Paul
U.S. Secret Service
Liberty Square
Wall Street
Democracy Now
Alaska
Sharif
Abdel Kouddous
Nicole Salazar
Nicole
Convention Center
Secret Service
RNC
Bruce Nestor
Minnesota
National Lawyers Guild
Jpmorgan Chase
New York City Police Foundation
NYPD
Marina Sitrin
Occupy Wall Street
Chase Plaza
Zuccotti Park
Raymond Kelly
Jamie Dimon
This is what a mob looks like by Coulter
Ann Coulter contrasts Wall Street protests with the Tea Party arguing the latter had aims and order while Occupy Wall Street appears directionless. She criticizes protest tactics and praises Tea Party discipline and policy focus highlighting elections and GOP gains.
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Obama
Goldman Sachs
Michael Moore
Sally Kohn
CNN
Paul Revere
Revere
Samuel Adams
Boston
Edmund Burke
George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
India Tea Co
Supreme Judge of
Minutemen
Fox News
Bill Schulz
Schulz
Washington
CNBC
Rick Santelli
Teddy Kennedy
Chris Christie
New Jersey
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Ann Coulter
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