05.21.2009 12:07 pm

Ill. House committee advances video gambling works bill

Post-Dispatch Springfield Bureau

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - An Illinois House committee today approved the massive state public-works program that passed the Senate yesterday, which includes legalization of video poker, higher drivers’ fees and liquor taxes and some other hot-button stuff. It now moves to…

Tags: construction, gambling, House, Illinois, video

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03.30.2009 3:18 pm

Missouri House to consider higher ed bond issue

By Virginia Young

Post-Dispatch Jefferson City Bureau

JEFFERSON CITY — Democratic Rep. Chris Kelly of Columbia is teaming up with House Republican leaders to push for a $700 million bond issue to finance construction projects at state colleges and universities.

Kelly’s proposal, HJR32, will be heard at noon tomorrow…

Tags: bond issue, Chris Kelly, Christopher "Kit" Bond, construction, Steve Hobbs, Steve Tilley, university, Virginia Young

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