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* Paul Shapiro, the author of Clean Meat: How Growing Meat Without Animals Will Revolutionize Dinner and the World…
If two members of the Illinois House get their way, you may not be able to call those frozen chunks of water made by your freezer “ice” anymore.
Well, that’s not exactly what Rep. Mike Murphy and Rep. Tim Butler, both Republicans from Springfield, want to do, but it’s what they might have proposed had they been in office in the 19th century.
Their newly introduced bill — HB2556 — would prohibit meat grown from animal cells rather than animal slaughter from being called exactly what it is: meat.
For background on this meaty matter, many food sustainability experts are expressing serious concerns about the connection between meat production and food insecurity, climate change, antibiotic resistance, food safety problems and more. To address these concerns, a new crop of startups, financed by investors such as Bill Gates, Richard Branson and even meat companies like Tyson and Cargill, has been growing real animal meat in cultivators rather than in animals’ bodies.
It may sound like science fiction, but it’s actually quite similar to other technologies we’ve been using in food and medicine for decades. Simply by taking a sesame seed-sized biopsy from an animal’s muscle (their meat), these entrepreneurs are culturing animal cells in conditions where they grow into muscle just like they would inside the body. And from that minuscule piece of muscle, they can grow literally tons of meat.
* Illinois News Network…
State lawmakers are one step closer to removing a line from property tax bills in a number of cities in Illinois.
State Sen. Dan McConchie’s legislation allows for water drainage districts, responsible for keeping small waterways cleared of debris, to be absorbed into the municipality they’re at least 75 percent inside of through a court filing process.
“Drainage districts served to keep ditches clear of debris and improve farmland, but now, their services could easily be merged with another unit of government,” he said.
McConchie, R-Hawthorn Woods, told lawmakers on the Senate floor Wednesday that the measure is needed in more suburban areas where the cities have largely taken over drainage responsibilities already.
* Ibid…
It wasn’t just opening day for baseball Thursday, it was also opening day for a bill to legalize sports betting in Illinois.
The Illinois House Revenue and Finance Committee heard about various aspects of expanding gambling during an hourslong hearing Thursday, that included testimony from NBA Senior Vice President Dan Spillane. Afterward, he said the NBA supports legalizing sports betting in Illinois, but the association wants to make sure it protects the integrity of the game and protects the fans who would be placing bets.
“If sports betting is going to be successful it crowds out illegal markets, encourages people to bet in legal markets, and that’s going to create jobs and revenue for the state,” Spillane said.
Illinois’ professional sports teams support the concept. One proposal would give teams 25 cents for every $100 wagered. The teams also support online sports betting.
* Twitters…
We were just debating a bill about minority inclusion on corporate boards and one of my colleagues just asked if Rachel Dolezal would be included. Lord help me.
— Will Guzzardi (@WillGuzzardi) March 29, 2019
Was kinda tense for a bit there. Also question asked about whether a white woman from South Africa would qualify.
— Rich Miller (@capitolfax) March 29, 2019
The bill was withdrawn for an amendment.
…Adding… The sponsor has decided not to attach a new amendment after all. Click here to watch.
…Adding… The bill passed with 61 votes after a brief debate.
* Related…
* The Inside Story Of How The Ricketts Family Schemed And Feuded Their Way To Owning The Chicago Cubs
* Lawmakers move to allow graduate research assistants to unionize
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Friday, Mar 29, 19 @ 12:37 pm
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–State Sen. Dan McConchie’s legislation allows for water drainage districts, responsible for keeping small waterways cleared of debris, to be absorbed into the municipality they’re at least 75 percent inside of through a court filing process.–
Wouldn’t it make more sense to just make those drainage districts the 51st state? New Ditchigan, maybe?
Comment by wordslinger Friday, Mar 29, 19 @ 12:47 pm
From the INN article: “Because every drainage district operates differently, McConchie’s office couldn’t provide an estimate of much consolidation might save taxpayers.”
Maybe they should put some effort into understanding how Drainage Districts work and how those who are in the district are Assessed not Taxed (banned punctuation). If you are going to absorb (pun somewhat intended) a DD into a municipality or county, then will the assessments be spread out over more landowners? That would be great, but it won’t eliminate the need to assess for either maintenance or improvements. Just trying to remove a line item in this case is just a political ploy.
And, BTW, the growth in Wind Energy Complexes aka wind farms, is having an impact on Drainage Districts since the WECS’ have to get easements across all District owned and managed improvements such as main tile drains which can be 24-36 inches in diameter and run for miles, pipe outlets, large surface drains, bridges, etc. We’re not talking about an individual landowner’s tile systems or field crossings here. These are generally very expensive installations.
Comment by Anon221 Friday, Mar 29, 19 @ 1:04 pm
That Deadspin article is beyond a joke. They belatedly report that the Tribune structured the deal as a leveraged partnership to attempt to evade a huge tax bill. It was known at the time (I recall Cuban speaking of the large debt as a turnoff). It was not secret - the IRS knew and has challenged the Tribune’s lack of tax (still pending to my knowledge). All of which was the *Tribune’s* tax concern, not the Ricketts. I’d delete reference to this.
Comment by Anon Friday, Mar 29, 19 @ 1:12 pm
“I’ll have the cultured meat by product on the Soylant Green crackers to go”
Comment by Anotheretiree Friday, Mar 29, 19 @ 1:15 pm
Dairy industry went to the FDA to make the producers of vegetable based “milk” rename their products.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2018/07/24/big-dairy-is-going-after-your-almond-milk/
Comment by Huh? Friday, Mar 29, 19 @ 1:43 pm
Rachael and her SA friend
And why is WG so surprised?? A Philosophy Prof got in a lot of hot water for asking the Q “If Jenner, why not Dozeal”?
Ironic, as that seems to be the sort of thing a Philosopher ought to be pondering…
And laws do need to cover all the reasonable contingencies
Comment by Fav Human Friday, Mar 29, 19 @ 2:40 pm
I think its funny how people talk down meat grown from animal cells when they chow down on slaughtered animals with puss and cancer scooped out of them before packaging.
Sips tea… a heart condition will get you before my snark does.
Comment by Justsayin Friday, Mar 29, 19 @ 3:32 pm
I am not quite a vegetarian though right now I can’t tell you the last time I ate beef or pork. I might order a burger more often if I knew it didn’t come from a former cow.
Comment by Cheryl44 Friday, Mar 29, 19 @ 4:00 pm
So, Franken plants are bad (GMO) but, Franken meat is ok?
I am quite ok with both, in fact, but it will be interesting to see how the anti-GMO crowd reacts…
Comment by Fav Human Friday, Mar 29, 19 @ 4:21 pm