04.28.2009 3:21 pm

Medical marijuana issue will waft into Ill. Senate next week

Post-Dispatch Springfield Bureau

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - It looks like legislation to legalize medical marijunana in Illinois will hit the state Senate floor next week.

The bill, SB138, today passed the Senate Public Health committee on a 6-2 vote, after the sponsor, Sen. Bill Haine,…

Impeached Gov. Blagojevich faces tense ceremony

By Kevin McDermott

Post-Dispatch Springfield Bureau

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - We’re less than two hours away now from what promises to be a surreal political spectacle: Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, administering the oath of office to the new roster of state senators who will soon decide whether to…

Sights and sounds from Monday night

By Adam Jadhav

DENVER — Here’s a roundup of various video I took last night amid both the Missouri and Illinois delegations, the hallway and the media skybox:

Illinois state Sen. Bill Haine on his first-ever DNC:

The different vantage…

Medical marijuana issue will waft into Ill. Senate next week

Impeached Gov. Blagojevich faces tense ceremony

Sights and sounds from Monday night

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