05.21.2009 3:25 pm
Post-Dispatch Springfield bureau
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A proposal to ban novelty cigarette lighters that sailed through the state Senate was defeated Thursday by the state House 51-65.
The measure, Senate Bill 2180, by state Rep. Naomi Jakobsson, D-Champaign, was aimed at banning the sale…
05.20.2009 2:05 pm
Post-Dispatch Springfield bureau
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois House approved a measure today that would allow voters to cast absentee ballots without having to state a reason for doing so.
Proponents said the absentee ballot process is labor-intensive enough and that removing the need…
04.28.2009 4:09 pm
Post-Dispatch Springfield bureau
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Is this a toy football or a cigarette lighter? If you can’t tell, a child probably can’t tell either.
That’s why an Illinois House panel advanced a plan Tuesday to ban the sale of novelty cigarette lighters in Illinois.
For the…
