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	<title>Capitol Fax.com - Your Illinois News Radar</title>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 21:11:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Reader comments closed for the weekend</title>
		<link>http://capitolfax.com/2013/05/17/reader-comments-closed-for-the-weekend-241/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 21:11:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Miller</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[* J.P. Harris and The Tough Choices are playing at 8 tonight at the Hoogland Center.  From WUIS&#8230;
When The Tough Choices began, there were only two rules: keep it country, and keep it simple. They have done both, yet still weave burning pedal steel leads and painfully genuine guitar solos with the cool calm [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This just in&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://capitolfax.com/2013/05/17/this-just-in-272/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 19:51:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Miller</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Illinois</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[* 2:49 pm - From AFSCME&#8230;
In voting completed yesterday, frontline employees of the state of Illinois represented by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Council 31 elected to implement their new collective bargaining agreement with the state.
It was the second time that state workers have voted on the agreement. The re-vote [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Question of the day</title>
		<link>http://capitolfax.com/2013/05/17/question-of-the-day-1593/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 18:12:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Miller</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Illinois</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[* If you&#8217;ve been watching the live session coverage post, you already know that the medical marijuana bill (HB 1) just passed the Senate on a vote of 35-21.  The bill now goes to the governor. 
* The Question: Your thoughts on this bill passage?

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		<title>Under siege</title>
		<link>http://capitolfax.com/2013/05/17/under-seige/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 16:41:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Miller</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Illinois</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[* Ever since the Tribune poll came out last week which showed Mayor Rahm Emanuel&#8217;s poll numbers slipping, particularly with African-Americans, the Chicago media has seemed to really amp up the criticism. 
For instance, check out this from a Sun-Times reporter&#8230;
Down was up and up was down as Emanuel joined business and labor leaders at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The first step</title>
		<link>http://capitolfax.com/2013/05/17/the-first-step/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 15:37:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Miller</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Illinois</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[* The truly big state money is spent on employer pension costs at the Teachers Retirement System.  Higher education pension costs are a relative drop in the bucket&#8230;
Illinois&#8217; public colleges and universities will gradually begin picking up the costs of their employees&#8217; pensions starting next year under an agreed plan announced Thursday by House [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Today&#8217;s quote</title>
		<link>http://capitolfax.com/2013/05/17/todays-quote-22/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 15:25:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Miller</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Illinois</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[* Caterpillar’s CEO Doug Oberhelman sat down for an interview with Business Week&#8230;
Oberhelman paid his way through Millikin University, a small private college in Decatur, &#8220;by working at a bank, where he did everything from sign home mortgages to repossess cars.&#8221;
&#8220;It was a fabulous experience,&#8221; he told Businessweek. &#8220;You knock on the door, and you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friday mental health break</title>
		<link>http://capitolfax.com/2013/05/17/friday-mental-health-break/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 15:04:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Miller</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Illinois</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[* It&#8217;s been a very long, difficult week and it ain&#8217;t over yet, but let&#8217;s lighten it up a little.
My former intern Barton Lorimor and his wife Jen came over to the Capitol Fax International Headquarters (my house) Monday night and met Oscar the Puppy.  Oscar loved them both, but he was particularly fond [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Good moral character&#8221; requirement to be removed from Senate&#8217;s concealed carry bill</title>
		<link>http://capitolfax.com/2013/05/17/good-moral-character-requirement-to-be-removed-from-senates-concealed-carry-bill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 14:45:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Miller</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Illinois</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[* Some rather vague provisions in Sen. Kwame Raoul&#8217;s proposed concealed carry bill came under attack yesterday during a committee hearing&#8230;
Sponsoring Sen. Kwame Raoul said he believes the restrictions in HB 183 are needed to protect public safety by keeping guns out of the wrong hands and out of sensitive places.
But many lawmakers expressed concerns [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paranoia will destroy ya</title>
		<link>http://capitolfax.com/2013/05/17/paranoia-will-destroy-ya/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 14:15:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Miller</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Illinois</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[* From the Illinois Review&#8230;
Legislation lowering Illinois’ voting age to 17 for primary elections has passed the Democrat-controlled state legislature and is on its way to Gov. Pat Quinn (D) for his signature.
Many believe the law is designed to create a permanent Democrat majority in Illinois using young Hispanic voters.
Illinois is home to two million [...]]]></description>
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		<title>*** LIVE *** SESSION COVERAGE</title>
		<link>http://capitolfax.com/2013/05/17/live-session-coverage-96/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 14:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Miller</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Illinois</category>
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