Lou Lang

Type: Person

Name: Lou Lang

First reported 7 hours ago - Updated 41 mins ago - 2 reports

State Senate approves marijuana pilot program

SPRINGFIELD — A proposal to legalize limited medical use of marijuana for certain chronically ill patients now is headed to Illi-nois Gov. Pat Quinn.By a 35-21 vote, the Illinois Senate on Friday approved a four-year pilot project to legalize medicinal ... [Published Southern Illinoisan - 41 mins ago]

Entities: Medical Marijuana, Gary Forby, Chapin Rose, Lou Lang, Pat Quinn

First reported 7 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 1 reports

Rahm Emanuel

Casino bill would give city unparalleled control

Chicago would be able to dodge areas of oversight all similar facilities in Illinois face Mayor Rahm Emanuel is pushing lawmakers to pass a gambling bill that would allow the city to weigh its choice of a casino operator in secret and forbid state regulators ... [Published Chicago Tribune - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Casino, Gambling, Sarah Hamilton, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Marijuana bill on doorstep

Following in the footsteps of other states before it, Illinois is likely to begin experimenting with medical marijuana.The Land of Lincoln is on the brink of becoming the 19th state to legalize marijuana for medical use.The Illinois House of Representatives ... [Published News Gazette - May 14 2013]

Entities: Medical Marijuana, Marijuana, Pat Quinn, Lou Lang

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Rep. Lou Lang to Tribune: 'Read the Constitution'

TEMPERS FLARE$ State Rep. Lou Lang, D-Skokie, has had it with the Chicago Tribune's attitude on pension reform. "It's about time that the Chicago Tribune's editorial board stop treating the Illinois Constitution like yesterday's newspaper," Lang writes ... [Published Skokie Patch - May 14 2013]

Entities: Lou Lang, Chicago, Scott Reeder

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

They're not booing, they're saying "Loooooou." Or maybe they are booing.

Sunday we published a muscular attack on our own editorial board penned by Democratic State Rep. Lou Lang of Skokie:For years the editorial page has loudly bellowed for and against Illinois pension proposals and petulantly insulted and denigrated lawmakers ... [Published Chicago Tribune - May 14 2013]

Entities: Lou Lang, Social Welfare, Education, Reformism

First reported May 11 2013 - Updated May 11 2013 - 1 reports

Editorial: Power companies

A different kind of circuit has been working in Springfield lately, but this variety is more disturbing.It works like this. Power companies give money to legislators. Then, the legislators vote to give money to power companies. It’s not the best way to ... [Published Lake County News Sun - May 11 2013]

Entities: Pat Quinn, Rate Hike, Smart Grid, Springfield (Illinois, United States)

First reported May 11 2013 - Updated May 11 2013 - 1 reports

Illinois House of Representatives

Legislators angry at Tribune editorial board over pension reform stance

_ It's about time that the Chicago Tribune's editorial board stop treating the Illinois Constitution like yesterday's newspaper.For years the editorial page has loudly bellowed for and against Illinois pension proposals and petulantly insulted and denigrated ... [Published Chicago Tribune - May 11 2013]

Entities: Michael Madigan, Lou Lang, Illinois House of Representatives, Illinois General Assembly

First reported May 11 2013 - Updated May 11 2013 - 1 reports

Chicago’s proposed casino: Tourist gem or drain on locals’ paychecks?

Backers of a Chicago casino envision a city-owned betting house as a bustling downtown gem; drawing out-of-towners to gamble in a space surrounded by upscale shopping and fine restaurants.Mayor Rahm Emanuel has hailed the proposal, still pending in Springfield, ... [Published Chicago Sun-Times - May 11 2013]

Entities: Casino, Chicago, Gaming, Lou Lang

First reported May 05 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 2 reports

Quinn vetoes ComEd rate hike, but legislators could override him

_ Gov. Pat Quinn vetoed legislation Sunday that would have increased utility bills and helped Commonwealth Edison improve its electrical grid.But the bill passed the General Assembly by healthy margins, and legislators could override the veto later this ... [Published Chicago Tribune - May 05 2013]

Entities: Pat Quinn, Rate Hike, Lou Lang

First reported May 04 2013 - Updated May 04 2013 - 1 reports

Should tollway have website of shame for scofflaws?

SPRINGFIELD The Illinois House Friday rejected by one vote a plan to set up a website of shame to display the names of scofflaws owing more than $1,000 in tollway fines.After the vote, state Rep. Kathleen Willis, an Addison Democrat, said she had intended ... [Published Chicago Daily Herald - May 04 2013]

Entities: Lou Lang, Mike Fortner, Ron Sandack

First reported Apr 21 2013 - Updated Apr 22 2013 - 1 reports

Marijuana vote is a real bummer

An Illinois House vote to legalize "medical marijuana" represents another triumph of empathy over evidence.It's emblematic of this state's increasingly weird style of governance that our public officials continue to make it more costly and inconvenient ... [Published News Gazette - Apr 21 2013]

Entities: Medical Marijuana, Lou Lang, Marijuana

First reported Apr 18 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 8 reports

Medical marijuana gets approval from House

SPRINGFIELD â By a narrow 61-57 vote, the Illinois House on Wednesday adopted a four-year pilot project to legalize medicinal use of marijuana.Under the measure, patients diagnosed with one of 33 specific terminal illnesses or debilitating medical conditions ... [Published Herald & Review - Apr 18 2013]

Entities: Medical Marijuana, Mike Bost, Lou Lang

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...say that the private bids the citycity of Chicago gets for their operator might be kept out of public view," said Lang, the bill's House sponsor. "but i would not say that if the gaming board didn't have final say on the license."

Casino bill would give city unparalleled control [Published Chicago Tribune - 7 hours ago]

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State Senate approves marijuana pilot program [Published Southern Illinoisan - 41 mins ago]
Casino bill would give city unparalleled control [Published Chicago Tribune - 7 hours ago]
Medical marijuana bill makes way to governor's ... [Published Herald & Review - 7 hours ago]
Staackmann, Gomberg Honored In Morton Grove [Published Niles Patch - May 15 2013]
Marijuana bill on doorstep [Published News Gazette - May 14 2013]
Rep. Lou Lang to Tribune: 'Read the Constitution' [Published Skokie Patch - May 14 2013]
They're not booing, they're saying "Loooooou." ... [Published Chicago Tribune - May 14 2013]
Editorial: Power companies [Published Lake County News Sun - May 11 2013]
Legislators angry at Tribune editorial board ov... [Published Chicago Tribune - May 11 2013]
Chicago’s proposed casino: Tourist gem or drain... [Published Chicago Sun-Times - May 11 2013]
Medical Marijuana Bill Clears Senate Committee ... [Published Huffington Post - May 09 2013]
Medical marijuana bill passes Senate panel [Published State Journal-Register - May 09 2013]
Quinn veto right on money [Published News Gazette - May 07 2013]
Quinn vetoes ComEd rate hike, but legislators c... [Published Chicago Tribune - May 05 2013]
Editorial: Is your legislator on the do-nothing... [Published Chicago Tribune - May 05 2013]
Quinn vetoes electric-rate hike; legislators li... [Published Elgin Courier News - May 05 2013]
Quinn leery of gambling expansion loopholes [Published Chicago Tribune - May 04 2013]
Should tollway have website of shame for scoffl... [Published Chicago Daily Herald - May 04 2013]
Illinois gamblers shut out on online betting [Published Chicago Crusader - May 03 2013]
Bernard Schoenburg: Petition drive to reform re... [Published State Journal-Register - May 02 2013]
Medical Marijuana Awaits Senate Vote [Published WAND TV - Apr 26 2013]
In the 'War on Drugs,' signs of truce with mari... [Published STLtoday.com - Apr 23 2013]
Marijuana vote is a real bummer [Published News Gazette - Apr 21 2013]
Chuck Sweeny: No minced words from Jim Sacia on... [Published Freeport Journal - Apr 20 2013]
OUR VIEW: High time for lawmakers to take it slow [Published InOttawa.com - Apr 19 2013]
Federation Springfield mission focuses on socia... [Published Chicago Jewish Community Online - Apr 19 2013]
Illinois may be next to approve medical marijuana [Published MSN News - Apr 18 2013]
House approves medical marijuana [Published WLS-AM - Apr 18 2013]
Medical marijuana gets approval from House [Published Herald & Review - Apr 18 2013]
House passes medical marijuana bill [Published Southern Illinoisan - Apr 18 2013]