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April 5, 2012
Five Scenarios When Minors Should Be Allowed to Drink Alcohol
Last week, the Illinois Senate approved the proposed "sip and spit" legislation that now moves to the House. If passed, the bill would make it legal for culinary students 20-years-old and younger to taste and spit alcohol (much like what you're suppose to do at wineries, but that rarely occurs). The ... More >>
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April 4, 2012
Sip and Spit Passes in Illinois Senate, Would Allow Underage Culinary Students to Taste Wine
On March 29, the Illinois Senate voted 48-6 in favor of proposed "sip and spit" legislation, which would allow culinary students under age 21 to legally taste alcoholic beverages in a classroom setting, provided they spit out the drink after tasting. The legislation still has to make its way through ... More >>
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March 20, 2012
Possible Alternative to Illinois "Skin Tax": Annual License Fee for Strip Clubs
Instead of trying to tax strip clubs $5 per patron in order to fund aid to sexual assault victims, Illinois state senator Toi Hutchinson may instead propose raising the funds by levying an annual licensing fee against the clubs. This update comes from Micheal Ocello, president of the VCG Holdings ... More >>
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November 4, 2010
Kevin Jackson wrote the book on how to win (white) friends and influence (black) people
Instead of trying to tax strip clubs $5 per patron in order to fund aid to sexual assault victims, Illinois state senator Toi Hutchinson may instead propose raising the funds by levying an annual licensing fee against the clubs. This update comes from Micheal Ocello, president of the VCG Holdings ... More >>
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April 15, 2010
Will Blago Ever Get to Hang in the State Capitol?
Image sourceRod Blagojevich may have been fired from Celebrity Apprentice, but that doesn't mean he's been forgotten by the people he used to govern. This week, the Post-Dispatch reports, the Illinois Senate will vote on bill that will prohibit state funds from being used to finance official ... More >>
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March 16, 2010
Blunt Trauma: Illinois May Outlaw "Tobacco Wraps"
Image viaA rainbow of flavored blunt wrapsIn a unanimous 45-0 vote, the Illinois Senate approved a bill yesterday that would classify "individual tobacco wrappers, known as blunt wraps, whether in the form of a single tobacco leaf, sheet or tube," as drug paraphernalia.If approved by the House, p ... More >>
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January 29, 2009
Anyone Catch that Blago Speech Today? Bizarre.
The governor wasn't exactly Perry Mason there in his closing arguments this morning before the Illinois Senate. Unfortunately, I could only catch bits and pieces of the speech on KTRS (550 AM), which annoyingly kept cutting to commercials every five minutes, but what I did hear wasn't good. The gove ... More >>
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January 22, 2009
Latest From Blago: Impeachment Is a "Sham"
Embattled Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich today called the impeachment trial against him a "sham." According the the Associated Press, Blago made that statement -- and others -- before his morning jog in Chicago. The impeachment trial is a sham. What the Senate and the House and Legislature is try ... More >>
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October 15, 2008
The Final Debate: Joe the Plumber Replaces Joe Six Pack
Embattled Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich today called the impeachment trial against him a "sham." According the the Associated Press, Blago made that statement -- and others -- before his morning jog in Chicago. The impeachment trial is a sham. What the Senate and the House and Legislature is try ... More >>
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March 12, 2003
Whack Job
Frank Brown was butchered in 1996. His killer still hasn't paid the price.

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Five Scenarios When Minors Should Be Allowed to Drink Alcohol

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Sip and Spit Passes in Illinois Senate, Would Allow Underage Culinary Students to Taste Wine

Blogs

Possible Alternative to Illinois "Skin Tax": Annual License Fee for Strip Clubs

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Kevin Jackson wrote the book on how to win (white) friends and influence (black) people

Blogs

Will Blago Ever Get to Hang in the State Capitol?

Blogs

Blunt Trauma: Illinois May Outlaw "Tobacco Wraps"

Blogs

Anyone Catch that Blago Speech Today? Bizarre.

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Latest From Blago: Impeachment Is a "Sham"

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The Final Debate: Joe the Plumber Replaces Joe Six Pack

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