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U.S. Education Secretary Talks School Safety In Hartford
The Hartford Courant— Local students gathered in a town hall meeting Friday asked U.S. Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan his opinion of armed guards in schools, how much standardized testing is too much, and a long list of school security issues. "The...Tags: Interior Policy, Teaching and Learning, Elizabeth Esty, Government, Executive Branch
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House passes gun bill over Quinn, Emanuel objections
SPRINGFIELD — Over objections of Gov. Pat Quinn and Mayor Rahm Emanuel, the House approved a concealed weapons bill today that is aimed at ending Illinois’ status as the last state in the nation without a law to allow its citizens to carry...
Tags: Interior Policy, Behavioral Conditions, Government, Brandon W. Phelps, Dining and Drinking
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Quinn, Emanuel lash out at Madigan gun bill
— Gov. Pat Quinn, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Senate President John Cullerton decried a bill to legalize concealed firearms that is backed by powerful House Speaker Michael Madigan, contending it would invalidate strict local gun laws like Chicago's...
Tags: Interior Policy, Elections, Brandon W. Phelps, Pat Quinn, Chicago Transit Authority
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One man's pride in himself is inspiring
I am writing this in response to David Whiteman's May 11 letter. He complains about the great deal of media coverage received by Jason Collins, an NBA player who made history as the first active male athlete in a major North American sports league to come...Tags: Barack Obama, Interior Policy, Gun Control, Crime, Law and Justice, Iraq
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Editorial: 'The big problem with the Illinois House gun bill'?
Under orders from the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the Illinois legislature is trying to craft a law that will allow responsible gun owners to carry concealed weapons in public. The court said the legislature has to do this, but the court didn't say...
Tags: Elections, Interior Policy, U.S. Supreme Court, Laws, Firearms
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Stephen Goldstein: Real scandal is how lobbyists get away with what they do
These days, the country is consumed by scandal-mania — real, or mostly trumped-up, partisan allegations of violations of the public trust, the truth of which no one knows for sure because we don't have all the facts and probably never will. We...Tags: Elections, Interior Policy, Government, Gun Control, National Rifle Association of America
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Obama beats up the media; media returns favor
If President Obama was the darling of that so-called liberal media, he is certainly its biggest enemy today. Instead, he’s basically a lame duck pariah who now has the full attention of every broadcast analyst, Internet blogger and newspaper...
Tags: MSNBC (tv network), Chicago Sun-Times, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Interior Policy, Barack Obama
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Stan Van Gundy: 'It's been a year since I've been fired, and it still stings'
It is time for sportswriters and sportscasters everywhere to fly their notebooks and tape recorders at half-mast. Stan Van Gundy says he likely won't return to coaching next season and even says there's a possibility he may never return to coaching at...
Tags: National Basketball Association, Interior Policy, Amway Center, Basketball, Brooklyn Nets
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LETTER: Gun Owner Shouldn't Feel So Smug
I'd like letter writer Mark Goduto [May 21, "Gun Owner Doesn't Feel Guilty"] to try this on for a rational argument: Most gunners, at least the ones who call the rest of us gun-grabbers, like to think the Second Amendment, and only the Second Amendment,...Tags: Interior Policy, Gun Control, Politics
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Light Must Shine On Government Secrecy
The Hartford CourantMamie Till did the unspeakable almost 60 years ago. She opened the casket at her son Emmett's funeral so the world could see how this 14-year-old was shot, bludgeoned, mutilated and then drowned in Mississippi's Tallahatchie River with a cotton gin fan...Tags: Racism, Regional Authority, Civil Rights, Interior Policy, Government
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Carroll County's gun law nullification fantasy
Nullification fever is spreading across the rural counties along the Mason-Dixon Line, with Cecil, Harford and Carroll counties passing resolutions in the last month declaring their view that Maryland's new gun control law is unconstitutional. Cecil's...
Tags: Civil Rights, Interior Policy, Carroll County (Maryland), U.S. Senate, Antonin Scalia
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Illinois concealed carry bill heads to House floor
SPRINGFIELD --- An Illinois House panel today approved a concealed weapons bill that supporters say attempts to walk the fine line between gun rights advocates and gun control supporters, but some Chicago-area lawmakers want a more restrictive bill. The...
Tags: Interior Policy, Elections, Brandon W. Phelps, Pat Quinn, Illinois Governor
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|Column| Imperial Valley Press Online
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|Column| Orlando Sentinel
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|Column| Hartford Courant
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