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04.22.2009 10:51 am

Gov. Quinn puts Illinois over a (rain) barrel on Earth Day

Post-Dispatch Springfield Bureau

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, never one to miss a populist cue like today’s Earth Day celebration, this morning announced an initiative to turn the governor’s mansion in Springfield “green.”

What that means, according to a statement released this…

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11.13.2008 10:40 am

Irene Smith going Green?

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Former St. Louis alderman Irene J. Smith — whose last bid for mayor ended in the 2005 Democratic primary — may take a different approach in 2009.

A greener one.

Word is that Smith, who has been a Democrat all her career, is…

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05.01.2008 10:29 am

Senate panel OKs Aquila bill

A senate panel gave the OK this morning to a bill that would give investor-owned utility Aquila to keep its Cass County peaking plant that the company built after a judge told them not to.

They did so only after inserting a…

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03.26.2008 5:45 pm

Ads to disappear from licence plate renewal notices

Starting this summer, ads in license plate renewal notices will go away, and some legislators want to make that change permanent.

In 2006, the state Department of Revenue contracted with Massachusetts-based Imagitas, Inc., to print those notices. In return, the company…

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01.31.2008 4:59 pm

Four Mo Edwards backers switch to Obama

Special to the Post-Dispatch

Just got off a conference call with state Sens. Wes Shoemyer, D-Clarence, and Tim Green, D-Spanish Lake and Ryan McKenna, D-Jefferson County, and state Rep. Tony George, D-Florissant.

All four had been supporters of former Sen. John Edwards’ bid for president. All four announced this afternoon…

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