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4:19 pm
Fri October 26, 2012

Election Could Affect Electricity Costs In Metro East

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A 2009 Illinois law allows counties and communities to negotiate the cost of electric power supply.
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Several Metro East communities want to negotiate electricity supply costs for their residents and businesses.

A 2009 law allows Illinois cities and counties to contract with suppliers in order to negotiate prices with electric utilities.

It’s called "municipal aggregation" and referendums are on the ballot in Belleville, Collinsville, and Edwardsville. Click here for a complete list.

Nearly 250 Illinois municipalities already have done so, including Alton and Glen Carbon.

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Politics
6:00 am
Fri October 26, 2012

Wagner, Koenen Vie To Take Akin's Old Seat

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Koenen speaks to a crowd at a forum in Jefferson County.
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Wagner talks to conservatives in Crestwood.
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Missouri’s newly-formed 2nd Congressional district has two first time candidates vying for Republican Congressman Todd Akin’s seat, which he will be vacating. The two main candidates have very different ideas of the role of government, and very different backgrounds.


Although this is Ann Wagner’s first time with her name on the yard signs, she is by no means a political rookie.

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voter ID
5:04 pm
Thu October 25, 2012

Photo ID Not Required To Vote In Mo., Carnahan Reminds Citizens

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There has been a lot of talk this year about changing I.D. requirements for voters, but Secretary of State Robin Carnahan (D) wants residents to know that the law hasn’t changed in Missouri.

Carnahan says voters can bring a driver’s license or other photo I.D. to the polls if they so choose, but that photo identification is not mandatory.

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Politics
4:19 pm
Thu October 25, 2012

Rape Comments Complicate But Don't End GOP Senate Takeover Chances

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Indiana Republican Senate candidate Richard Mourdock holds a news conference Wednesday in Indianapolis to address his comments about rape and abortion.
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Missouri Senate candidates Republican Todd Akin and incumbent Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill debate in Columbia, Mo., on Sept. 21.
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Originally published on Thu October 25, 2012 4:00 pm

The enthusiasm with which Democrats seized upon Senate candidate Richard Mourdock's philosophizing about God's plan for unborn children of women impregnated by rape may have suggested the Indiana Republican's election chances had just ended.

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