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	<title>Illinois Chamber Dispatch</title>
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	<description>The Official Blog of the Illinois Chamber of Commerce</description>
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		<title>The Problem With TIGER Grants</title>
		<link>http://chamberdispatch.com/infrastructure/2725/the-problem-with-tiger-grants/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:23:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin Brockschmidt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Infrastructure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ARRA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tiger Grant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transportation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before handing out pitchforks and torches, let’s be very clear: TIGER grants are good. Very good. Illinois has been awarded several TIGER grants since the program began—and it has nothing to do with the President or Ray LaHood.  In 2011 my predecessors discussed why Illinois was so successful with TIGER III awards and his explanation is just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Keystone Pipeline decision is akin to Lincoln freeing slaves?</title>
		<link>http://chamberdispatch.com/energy/2718/keystone-pipeline-decision-is-akin-to-lincoln-freeing-slaves/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:30:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Wolf</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bloomberg Businessweek]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canadian Oil Sands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Illinois Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Keystone Pipeline]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[President Barack Obama]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, you read the headline right.  Some environmental, left and Obama donor interests are implying the following (according to this article in Bloomberg BusinessWeek): &#8220;Others close to the president, including longtime Democratic Party donors, have organized a campaign to fight the pipeline. In recent weeks, they’ve begun confronting Obama at every fundraiser he’s attended across [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ACA Regulatory Update</title>
		<link>http://chamberdispatch.com/healthcare/2714/aca-regulatory-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 21:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lweitzel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Healthcare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healthcare Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Illinois Chamber]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[HHS recently finalized regulations governing the Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) &#8211; the small group market on the exchange &#8211; solidifying the proposed delay of the employee-directed choice option on the SHOP in states like Illinois that will rely on a partnership or full federally-facilitated exchange until at least 2015. Employers with fewer than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tax Tribunal Update</title>
		<link>http://chamberdispatch.com/tax/2712/tax-tribunal-update/</link>
		<comments>http://chamberdispatch.com/tax/2712/tax-tribunal-update/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 21:33:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lweitzel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Illinois Chamber]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tax Institute]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After many stops and starts, final FY 2014 funding for the Tax Tribunal is contained in HB 214, which is the State general services appropriation bill.  As we indicated earlier in the week, the funding is for approximately ¾&#8217;s of the fiscal year, and anticipates that the Tax Tribunal will not open its doors until January [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OSHA&#8217;s Initiative on Temporary Workers</title>
		<link>http://chamberdispatch.com/hr/2708/oshas-initiative-on-temporary-workers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 20:38:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Business Services Advisory Board</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Employment Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HR]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Julie Proscia – SmithAmundsen LLC – www.salawus.com On Memorial Day Weekend, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced an initiative to focus more on the safety and health of temporary workers after a recent spate of temporary worker fatalities. This initiative is now being put into action. Assistant Secretary of Labor, David Michaels, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lack of Protectable Interest in Patient Base Dooms Medical Employer&#8217;s Restrictive Covenant Case</title>
		<link>http://chamberdispatch.com/hr/2703/lack-of-protectable-interest-in-patient-base-dooms-medical-employers-restrictive-covenant-case/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 17:54:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Business Services Advisory Board</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Employment Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HR]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Jeff Glass – SmithAmundsen LLC – www.salawus.com Employers who use restrictive covenants to protect their client base should take heed of the Illinois Appellate Court for the First District’s decision in Gastroenterology Consultants of the North Shore, S.C. v. Meiselman, M.D., et al. In 1996, defendant Dr. Meiselman formed the plaintiff corporation with three [...]]]></description>
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