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	<title>Capitol Fax.com - Your Illinois News Radar</title>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 17:09:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Question of the day</title>
		<link>http://capitolfax.com/2012/05/23/question-of-the-day-1386/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 17:09:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Miller</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Illinois</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[* Top five replacements for US Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald?  Fitz, of course, announced today that he&#8217;s resigning soon.
Snark is heavily encouraged.

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		<title>*** UPDATED x1 ***   This just in&#8230; Fitzgerald to step down</title>
		<link>http://capitolfax.com/2012/05/23/this-just-in-fitzgerald-to-step-down/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 16:20:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Miller</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[* 11:20 am - From a press release&#8230;
U.S. ATTORNEY PATRICK J. FITZGERALD TO STEP DOWN
Chicago’s longest-serving U.S. Attorney leaving office June 30
        CHICAGO — Patrick J. Fitzgerald, the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois for more than a decade, today announced that he is stepping [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quinn mugs for the cameras as Medicaid plan goes off the rails</title>
		<link>http://capitolfax.com/2012/05/23/quinn-mugs-for-the-cameras-as-medicaid-plan-goes-off-the-rails/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 15:50:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Miller</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Illinois</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[* As I told you yesterday, Gov. Pat Quinn spent part of Tuesday speaking to a class of 8th Graders.  From that appearance&#8230;
During his hour long talk, Quinn told students that with little more than a week to go before the spring Legislative session is scheduled to adjourn, it was time for lawmakers to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m just not buying it</title>
		<link>http://capitolfax.com/2012/05/23/im-just-not-buying-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 15:17:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Miller</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Illinois</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[* Some guys think they have found a reason behind why Illinois is so corrupt. Springfield is &#8220;isolated&#8221; from the state&#8217;s population center&#8230;
Campante and Do used a sophisticated statistical model to determine which capitals are the most isolated from their states’ population centers. They compared that measure of isolation with a database of convictions on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Audio recording bill finally advances out of House</title>
		<link>http://capitolfax.com/2012/05/23/audio-recording-bill-finally-advances-out-of-house/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 14:55:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Miller</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Illinois</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[* Under current Illinois law, taking this video of  a &#8220;Black Bloc&#8221; surge against a Chicago Police Department line is a felony punishable by up to 15 years in prison.  Actually, I could be charged with a felony just for showing it here.  Let&#8217;s hope that doesn&#8217;t happen.  The unprovoked surge [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bullying bill comes up short</title>
		<link>http://capitolfax.com/2012/05/23/bullying-bill-comes-up-short/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 14:01:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Miller</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Illinois</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[* The Senate came one vote short of passing a new anti-bullying bill.  The AP has some info&#8230;
The bill would have required anti-bullying policies to include a definition of bullying and a statement saying it was against the law. The policies would have spelled out how allegations could be submitted anonymously and how they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oh, for crying out loud</title>
		<link>http://capitolfax.com/2012/05/23/oh-for-crying-out-loud-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 13:23:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Miller</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Illinois</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[* You gotta be kidding me&#8230;  
West Side Democratic leaders were unable to reach consensus Tuesday on a challenger to indicted Rep. Derrick Smith, but among the finalists is the girlfriend of 28th Ward Ald. Jason Ervin. [&#8230;]
But several committee members questioned the integrity of the process, saying Ervin, who sits on the selection [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Get Illinois Working Again</title>
		<link>http://capitolfax.com/2012/05/23/get-illinois-working-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 13:08:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Advertising Department</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Illinois</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[[The following is a paid advertisement.]
At a time of tough choices, the single largest job-creation plan in decades is now before the General Assembly. 
SB 1849 is a gaming solution that would create more than 20,000 jobs and bring in $200 million in new annual revenue to Illinois. It would be an economic shot in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Morning Shorts</title>
		<link>http://capitolfax.com/2012/05/23/morning-shorts-846/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 13:07:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Owen Irwin</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Illinois</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[* Editorial: Don’t rush to lift campaign donation limits now 
* Humidity apparent cause of ballot problems during Illinois’ March primary
* New state law could disqualify potential coroner candidate
* Social-media access bill heads to governor 
* State cuts temporary deals with 3 health insurance providers
* Bill would reduce number of regional superintendents 
* Illinois Senate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>*** LIVE SESSION COVERAGE ***</title>
		<link>http://capitolfax.com/2012/05/23/live-session-coverage-36/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 13:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Miller</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Illinois</category>
	<category>Updated Posts</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[* Blackberry users click here&#8230;


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