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Mary Flowers
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by Robert Dietz
4:23pm
Fri Apr 8, 2011

Renewed Push For Single Payer Starts Next Week In Springfield

HB 311 has been kicking around Springfield for a while. Sponsored by State Rep. Mary Flowers, the bill otherwise known as the Illinois Universal Health Care Act, would make health care financing in the state public, cutting out private insurers. The bill was introduced last session, but never made it out of committee.

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PI Original
by Adam Doster
3:25pm
Mon Apr 19, 2010

The Community Bank Of Illinois: A Banking "Public Option"?

Responding to the growing anger at the banking industry, one Illinois lawmaker proposes that state take its investment dollars out of Wall Street and go it alone.

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by Angela Caputo
1:39pm
Thu Mar 4, 2010

What's New On The Housing Front

We round out the latest legislative iniatives in Illinois regarding foreclosure prevention and affordable housing.