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- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Feb 3, 2021
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So outrageous
It’s hard to get outraged about the Steans-to-Cassidy handoff when Marjorie Taylor Greene’s on the scene.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Aug 21, 2019
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Kicking ass since 1971
The Reader holds its first telethon this Friday.
- Food & Drink, Food, Drink, and Cannabis Issue Aug 14, 2019
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Legalizing equity
Advocates say the adult-use cannabis legislation doesn’t go far enough to help diverse entrepreneurs enter the budding market.
- News & Politics, Feature Apr 18, 2019
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Weed whacked
If recreational cannabis is legalized, how will Illinois reengage the formerly incarcerated and make amends to communities of color?
- Blogs, Bleader May 7, 2018
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Are 16-year-olds smart enough to vote? Vote16 Illinois thinks so
Some students are pushing Chicago and Illinois to follow the lead of other places that lowered the voting age recently.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 17, 2018
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Rauner’s reefer madness rules despite overwhelming support for legal pot
Weed Week: Recreational marijuana won't be legal as long as the embattled Republican remains governor.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 27, 2018
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Chicago’s political psychosis has me paging Dr. Freud after last week’s primary
If you want to know why Trump, Rauner, and Rahm are in power, just study the latest election.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 16, 2018
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Our antiweed governor better take note: downstate is also going to pot
Governor Rauner again comes out against legalizing recreational marijuana in an interview this week.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 24, 2017
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Report: Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda may not perform as Alexander Hamilton in Chicago, and other news
Also, parolees can no longer be arrested for being spotted with a gang member in Illinois.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Aug 14, 2017
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Why aren’t women running for Illinois governor?
The governor’s race remains a sausage party. And as a result everyone who looks to the Democrats for leadership suffers.
- Blogs, Bleader May 30, 2017
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Most Democratic gubernatorial candidates favor some form of legal weed in Illinois
But incumbent Republican governor Bruce Rauner seems to be skeptical of legalization.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 22, 2017
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Potheads rejoice: Illinois lawmakers move to legalize recreational weed
The proposed law would make it legal for adults to possess, purchase, and grow weed and would regulate and tax the drug statewide.
- Columns & Opinion, Identity & Culture Aug 16, 2016
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Illinois pastors don’t deserve exemption from conversion therapy ban
Conversion therapy aimed at “curing” queer kids is harmful, fraudulent, and discredited, no matter who’s practicing it.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 16, 2015
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State budget showdown puts criminal justice reforms on hold
Bills to decriminalize pot and shrink the prison population are in purgatory while the governor and Democrats feud.
- News & Politics, Feature May 6, 2015
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Will marijuana decriminalization end the racial grass gap?
As the politics of pot shift, questions of justice remain.
- News & Politics, Feature Nov 6, 2014
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Eight questions for your new Republican overlord
Taxes, weed, Madigan—what will governor-elect Bruce Rauner do?
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 31, 2014
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Spend election night with Mick and Ben at the Hideout!
Come to our election-night cabaret at the Hideout, featuring Alderman Will Burns, state rep Kelly Cassidy, and Matt Farmer, the singing lawyer with the big hit about Bruce Rauner.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 28, 2014
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Illinois politicians now talking openly about legalizing pot
At a press conference Monday, a group of elected officials set a goal of legalizing, regulating, and taxing marijuana sales for recreational use in Illinois.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 7, 2013
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Marry you must!: Gay marriage in Illinois
When it comes to things like health care and immigration, marriage creates its own incentives. But who gets left out?