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Thursday, April 18, 2013

Gov. Quinn Declares State of Emergency

Gov. Quinn has declared a state of emergency in the wake of flooding throughout the Chicago area.

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Governor Pat Quinn declared a state of emergency as state agencies prepared to provide assistance to local governments throughout northern Illinois dealing with severe river and flash flooding. The state of emergency ensures that state resources are activated and that the federal government is aware that a disaster declaration is likely. It also allows the state to request resources as needed, such as personnel and equipment. State and local emergency personnel have been on the ground in hardest hit areas since early this morning. "Heavy rainfall over the past few days has created dangerous flooding in areas across the state," Governor Quinn stated in a press release. "Everyone should stay home and off the roads if possible. To ensure …

In this Article:

Des Plaines Flooding in Pictures (in Des Plaines Patch), Park Ridge Issues Flood Instructions (in Park Ridge Patch), UPDATE: School, Road Closures Reported in Grayslake, Libertyville Due to Rain (in Libertyville Patch), and 5 more ›

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james urban

1:08 pm on Friday, April 19, 2013

hooray illinois voters. here is your DEMOCRAPS at work. quinn just got ELECTED again because of this declaration. spend spend spend spend, vacation to mexico. where is all the business he was going to bring back with him; NOT!!!!   more ›

Sunday, April 29, 2012

Poll: Are Cigarette Smokers Treated Unfairly?

Gov. Pat Quinn has propose to more than double the tax on a pack of cigarettes.

  Gov. Pat Quinn has proposed increasing the tax on a pack of cigarettes by $1 in an effort to reduce a $2.7 billion deficit in the Medicaid program, the State Journal Register reported. The cigarette tax would generate about $675 million in revenue. The state's current cigarette tax is 96 cents; Quinn's proposal would more than double it. Aside from raising revenue for a health care program, the thinking goes that such sin taxes are more acceptable because people shouldn't be smoking anyway. Smoking causes about 443,000 deaths a year in the United States, or about one in five of the nation's deaths, according to the Centers for Disease Control. And smoking contributes to yearly health care costs to tune of about $96 billion. But not …

Richard Schulte

5:59 pm on Saturday, May 5, 2012

Sully: "Sorry Buc- Richard''s absurdities get to me after a while." I've been mulling Sully's comment above over in my mind. Sully didn't elaborate about the "absurdities" that he's talking about, so I can only speculate. Is it that those "green" light bulbs, CFL, contain mercury and are an environmental hazard and should be banned? Is it that we were being warned about "global cooling" and a new…   more ›

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