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Maywood, IL - d. 10/30/07
Scott Levin, a West Suburban
Medical Center physician and
member of the Illinois
Academy of Family Physicians
(IAFP), presents Rep. Karen
Yarbrough with the IAFP's
President's Award for
her sponsorship of Smoke
Free Illinois legislation.
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Officials:
State must invest in roads,
bridges
The story can be found at
http://www.sj-r.com/News/stories/18413.asp
The State Journal-Register
Online can be found at
http://www.sj-r.com
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Karen
Yarbrough and Cease
Fire
Cease Fire gets more
supporters
Chicago Defender -
IL, United States
Karen
Yarbrough (D-7) said
murders in Maywood
went from
double-digits to
single-digits over a
three-year span
after Cease Fire
became involved. ... |
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Karen
Yarbrough and the
U.S. ID Bill
State Backs U.S. ID
foes: Illinois
leaders say
identification law
is a nightmare
Chicago Tribune
by
David Mendell, staff
reporter, Published
June 7, 2007
State
Rep. Karen Yarbrough
(D-Maywood), one of
the House sponsors
of the resolution to
reject the act,
called the law a
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Karen Yarbrough and
the Quality of Life
Bill
Quality of Life Bill
Sails Through
General Assembly
Windy City Times -
Chicago, IL, USA
The
Coalition for the
Quality of Life,
initially brought
the idea for the
Senate Bill 774,
known as the
"Quality of Life
Bill," to State Rep.
Karen Yarbrough,
D-7th District.
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this topic
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Karen Yarbrough
and Electric Rate Freeze
Illinois POWER rally demands
‘freeze rates now’
People's Weekly World - USA
Karen Yarbrough said,
"This is the single most
important issue currently
facing the General Assembly
and Illinois consumers.
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all stories on this topic
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Karen Yarbrough
and Smoking Ban
House says
‘yes’ to ban
Kane
County Chronicle -
Geneva,IL,USA
"Karen Yarbrough
[D-Chicago] has been working
really hard on this for a
couple years now," said
Chapa LaVia, who owns a
sports bar in Aurora and
thus chose ...
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topic
Smoking Ban
Passed by Illinois Lawmakers
Associated Content -
Denver,CO,USA
The sponsor of the
legislation, Representative
Karen Yarbrough of
Chicago, "There no doubt the
actions of smokers are
harming non-smokers." ...
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Sign state
smoking ban
Rockford Register Star -
Rockford,IL,USA
Karen Yarbrough,
D-7th. With the House vote
May 1, the Smokefree
Illinois Act now goes to
Gov. Blagojevich for his
signature. Certainly the
governor will ...
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House passes
smoking ban 73-42, heads to
governor's desk
MyWebTimes.com -
Ottawa,IL,USA
Karen Yarbrough,
D-Maywood, who had expected
a close vote. Previous laws
have allowed Illinois
municipalities and counties
to decide if they want to go
...
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topic
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Other Topics
Social Justice
Mike
Riopell wrote an article appearing in the
4/20/07 edition of
Pantagraph.com entitled "Illinois
House backs repeal of Real ID Act" In the
article, Riopell reports that Karen
Yarbrough stood on the House floor and
opposed a bill requiring a standardized
national ID card. Yarbrough said the
measure would cause a "bureaucratic
nightmare." Click
here to see article.
The
Windy City
newspaper ran an article on February 7, 2007
highlighting Karen Yarbrough's support for a
new lottery game to benefit the HIV/AIDS
community.
Click here to see article.
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