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No need for bobcat hunting in Illinois
Last week, during veto session, the Illinois General Assembly rushed through a proposal to allow a bobcat hunting season in Illinois. Opening up a bobcat season in Illinois without taking into account ecological sciences for best practices is a poor policy decision.
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Police militarization: your towns, your tax dollars
But the good people of Orange County, Florida, are lucky because they’ve got the astonishing team of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation and the Orange County Sheriffs Office keeping watch, ready and able to preempt any criminal gang before it can strike locals.
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Low-wage laborers deserve better
Months ago, Emanuel scheduled a vote on raising Chicago’s minimum wage for the week after the General Assembly’s annual fall veto session.
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UBER IN SPRINGFIELD?
The popular but controversial Uber ridesharing service may soon expand to Springfi eld. Uber ran advertisements online this week seeking drivers in Springfi eld – likely a sign that the company is expanding outside of only large markets like Chicago. Uber works by having private individuals use their cars like taxicabs.
IN THE INTEREST OF ACCURACY
Calvin “It’s Not Me” Christian III has always insisted that he is not the brainchild behind Springfi eld Leaks, the on-again-off-again website that thrives on anonymity and inside-the-yellow-tape stories involving police.
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Can you hear me now?
“Thirty-four pages?” exclaimed Mike Duvall, who lives more than a mile away from the stadium, when told how many pages of reports the police department has compiled about excessive noise at Sacred Heart-Griffin’s stadium. “That doesn’t surprise me. You just knew it was so loud.
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Legislature expands police eavesdropping powers
Illinois was previously one of the only states in the nation to require consent from all parties when recording conversations. That changed in March of this year, when the Illinois Supreme Court decided the state’s law requiring all parties to consent to recording a conversation was unconstitutional.
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Driving while sober
People convicted of driving under the influence of drugs in Illinois should actually be under the influence of drugs. But that isn’t always the case. And so the Illinois State Bar Association is pushing to change a law that has resulted in sober people being prosecuted and convicted for driving while impaired.
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At home with the blues
Believe it or not, Springfield, Illinois, is red hot for the cool blues. The capital city is home to one of the oldest blues clubs in the nation, hosts a nearly 30-year-old weekly blues performance gig and has nurtured several wellknown blues bands. Now we have a world class, internationally renowned, lifelong blues artist as a local resident.
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Chicago all aglow for the holidays
When Santa comes to town, Chicago takes on a special glow. Sparkling trees, dazzling lights and festive song and dance performances at area celebrations create holiday magic for visitors of all ages. For a merry winter break, visit the city’s best attractions.
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How to celebrate with faith and fun
They are a time of family, tradition and celebration – and of a very particular aesthetic. Wherever you live, from the Northeast to the Southwest, every household has that certain “idea” of what the holiday home looks like.
Ben Larrison, CTW Features Page 20
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How to give the best gifts ever
If gift-giving gives you anxiety, here’s a bit of good news: 70 percent of people polled in an online survey last year said they were happy with most of their gifts, with very few claiming to have returned or re-gifted a majority of the presents they received.
Marla R. Miller, CTW Features Page 22
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Books for kid cooks
Say what you will about the Food Network (and I can say plenty), the cable channel has gotten many children interested in cooking. I just hope that some kids are able to look beyond the glitz and hype to discover the pleasures of cooking and eating real food.
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Spectacle, redemption propel Exodus
The time is 1300 B.C.E. and the kingdom of Egypt holds sway over North Africa. Pharaoh Seti (John Turturro) oversees an ever-expanding realm whose economy is dependent on a system of slavery that’s been in place for over 400 years in which the Hebrews are kept in abject poverty and worked literally to death.
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December doings
Word on the street says Jules “Jodo” Hainuat might be retiring from playing music at the grand old age of 88. Jodo plays clarinet with Riverboat 5 + 1, our fantastic and fun Dixieland-style local group featuring Don Udey, Gene Haas and Gary Niehaus, plus Jane Hartman as “plus one,” along with some other cool cats now and again.
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BAND SPOTLIGHT | Milk N Cookies
Identical twin brothers James and Paul McElwain, or if you prefer, Dorian and Adrian Westwood, or just plain Milk N Cookies, or best yet, “ice devouring sex tornadoes” are one of the hottest things happening in house music and EDM (electronic dance music).
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THE CALENDAR
Dec 14, 2-3pm Sun. For Springfi eldarea writers. Performers names will be drawn out of fi shbowl by host. 5 minute time limit. Approximately 11 spots available. Free. Vachel Lindsay Home State Historic Site, 603 S. Fifth St., 217-524-0901..
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ART | Share your sketches
From Dec. 1 through 18, community members of all ages and abilities have the opportunity to put their art on display during the A Community Sketchbook.
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HISTORY | A truce for tradition
On Saturday, Dec. 13, let the Illinois State Military Museum’s living historians take you back 100 years to Christmas in No-Man’s Land, France, as they present a picture of Christmas 1914, a time when our soldiers were deep in the throes of World War I.