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        <title>Kwame Raoul</title>
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        <description>A collection of news and information related to Kwame Raoul published by Tribune Company sources.</description>
        
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			<title><![CDATA[Illinois concealed carry bill stalls]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-05-18 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[&mdash; The push to pass a more restrictive concealed carry measure stalled late last week as support began to drop off before a key vote in the Illinois Senate. 

The legislation represents the latest attempt to address a federal appeals court order...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Concealed carry rules for Illinois emerge but face uncertain fate]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/ct-met-illinois-concealed-carry-0517-20130517,0,7178990.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-05-16 20:31:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[&mdash; A measure spelling out who can carry concealed handguns and where they can carry them emerged Thursday after months of contentious negotiations, a system with one set of rules for violence-plagued Chicago and another for the rest of Illinois....]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Concealed-carry legislation emerges in Springfield]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/chi-concealedcarry-legislation-emerges-in-springfield-20130516,0,4509172.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-05-16 19:27:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[SPRINGFIELD &mdash; A bill that would set up the rules to allow concealed weapons to be carried in Illinois has started moving through the state senate. 

The measure would require a gun owner to get a special endorsement from the Chicago police in...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Senate committee advances bill requiring 'proper reason' for carrying a gun]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/sns-mct-senate-committee-advances-bill-requiring-proper-20130517,0,7869858.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-05-17 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[A concealed-carry bill that requires a person to have "a proper reason" in order to carry a gun in public won approval Thursday in an Illinois Senate committee. 

The bill, sponsored by Sen. Kwame Raoul, D-Chicago, passed 10-4-1 in the Senate Executive...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Illinois 'robocalls' illustrate racial divide on same-sex marriage]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/sns-mct-illinois-robocalls-illustrate-racial-divide-on-20130513,0,5005795.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-05-13 10:04:02</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Residents here have been peppered lately with automated phone calls urging them to help stop Illinois from legalizing same-sex marriage. 

The calls aren't from some conservative family group or Republican Party affiliate. They're from a prominent black...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ill. chief justice: Follow FOID law on mental health issues]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/chi-ill-chief-justice-follow-foid-law-on-mental-health-issues-20130509,0,228270.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-05-09 10:59:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[SPRINGFIELD &mdash; The chief justice of the Illinois Supreme Court, citing &ldquo;gun-related tragedies&rdquo; and the state&rsquo;s debate over concealed carry, emphasized in a memo to judges throughout Illinois this week that the state must be notified...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[State chief justice: Follow law on mental health reporting]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/ct-met-chief-justice-mentally-ill-guns-0510-20130510,0,2454536.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-05-10 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[&mdash; The chief justice of the Illinois Supreme Court, citing "gun-related tragedies" and the state's debate over concealed carry, emphasized in a memo to judges throughout Illinois this week that the state must be notified when they determine a...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Medical marijuana bill clears Senate panel]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/ct-met-illinois-medical-marijuana-0509-20130509,0,7917144.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-05-09 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[&mdash; A measure to allow doctors to prescribe medical marijuana to patients with serious illnesses advanced in the Illinois Senate on Wednesday. 

The issue sparked an emotional debate, with supporters arguing for compassion for those suffering from...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Whoa!]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/ct-edit-speed-jm-20130507,0,5408176.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-05-07 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[A bill that would raise the speed limits on Illinois highways recently blew through the state Senate. We urge the House members to slow it down. They're missing some important warning signs.

Under the measure, approved 41-6, Illinois motorists would be...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Law enforcement, legislator clash on bills aimed at addressing wrongful convictions]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/ct-met-wrongful-convictions-bills-20130428,0,5925982.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-04-28 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Less than two months into his first term, state Rep. Scott Drury introduced two bills he hoped would address a persistent failure of the state's justice system &mdash; wrongful convictions. 

Drury, a former federal prosecutor, represents part of Lake...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Illinois looking at different concealed carry rules for Cook County]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/chi-illinois-looking-at-different-concealed-carry-rules-for-cook-county-20130422,0,1047540.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-04-22 17:32:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[SPRINGFIELD &mdash; People who want to carry a concealed weapon in Chicago and elsewhere in Cook County would get an extra layer of scrutiny under legislation being drafted in the Illinois Senate, according to the authors of the proposal. 

The...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Open thread: The Weeks in Review]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/chi-illinois-looking-at-different-concealed-carry-rules-for-cook-county-20130422,0,1047540.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-04-26 16:32:07</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[SPRINGFIELD &mdash; People who want to carry a concealed weapon in Chicago and elsewhere in Cook County would get an extra layer of scrutiny under legislation being drafted in the Illinois Senate, according to the authors of the proposal. 

The...]]></description>
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