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A Roundup of State Legislative Activities

By Steve Hall

I have news and commentary from Illinois, New Hampshire, and Utah. Eric Zorn's Chicago Tribune blog post is, "Death penalty bill: Time for Quinn to employ the 'in other news' strategy." This would be an excellent time for Gov. Pat Quinn to announce his decision on the bill to abolish capital punishment in Illinois. He's allegedly been  pondering this long and well-pondered issue since the proposal landed on his desk Jan. 11, as if there's some new angle that a sentient politician in Illinois hasn't considered as this issue has raged here in the past decade. Jim Warren at the Chicago News Cooperative was critical-- The notion that there?s a bit of a sham under way has crossed minds. Might the governor?s helter-skelter ways include a search for cover before he disappoints death penalty supporters? But Rich Miller at Capitol Fax defended the delay -- Politics has always been at least partially about ?theater...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on February 03, 2011 (boomark / email).