... to same sex couples. But in a larger sense this issue reveals a pretty hefty leak in our Republic’s ship of state. Legislatures, and especially courts, are making legislation without the advice and consent of the electorate. As with same ...

... medical profession, with the aid of Congress and state legislatures, limits the number of places available to students in medical ... government agencies. Solutions: • Stop Congress, state legislatures and medical schools from setting quotas, limiting the ...

... instances where he doesn't personally agree with the results of the law, he said, can be found in areas where the state Legislature can change it. "Really, it's a mere question of sometimes not all of the consequences of a law being anticipated ...

... citation fines by $15 to help defray costs associated with the county detention centers. Pursuant to Act 209 of the state Legislature, counties and municipalities have the ability to increase this amount from $5, which it is now, to $20 per citation ...

... goes back to work and begins drawing two checks â retirement plus a standard paycheck. It's not illegal. The state Legislature approved it in an attempt to help retain valued employees. But is it greedy? Probably so.CHS had no obligation ...

... meaning approach. But more taxes? With the economy in the lousy shape it's in? Would the months to come the state Legislature is set to meet in January really be the best time to ask the public for a little more of its weekly pay check? Mind ...

... him. They put him into that top office. They installed him at the helm of their state. They elected him to the state legislature then twice to the U.S. House of Representatives and twice to the governorship. The people of Illinois, at least ...

... they ought to try to talk him or her into two things. The first would be to persuade that person to run for the state Legislature. That would be the far easier challenge. The second would be persuading that person to run as the Republican he ...

... possible that the office is within reach." If Russ did run and did not win, he would still retain his seat in the state Legislature. He was re-elected to the Senate in November 1982 and, in a drawing for terms shortly afterward, was one of ...

... executive leadership, his political experience encompassing only four years in the U.S. Senate and eight in the state legislature of his home state of Illinois. Blacks especially powered the jubilation that was thick in the chilly air. Even ...