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Article number 1 - Governor Quinn Signs Legislation to Create New Illinois Tollway Inspector General
Article number 2 - New Online Campsite and Shelter Reservation System Opens July 7
Article number 3 - Purchase Tickets for State Fair Grandstand Acts
Article number 4 - Medicare "Doughnut Hole" Rebate Check Scams
Article number 5 - Heat Safety Focus of IEMA's 12-Month Preparedness Campaign during July

Governor Quinn Signs Legislation to Create New Illinois Tollway Inspector General
CHICAGO – July 28, 2010. Governor Pat Quinn today signed a bill into law to create the Office of Toll Highway Inspector General to oversee operations at the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority. This new office will be authorized to investigate ethics violations not covered in the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, involving allegations of fraud, waste, abuse, mismanagement and misconduct.

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New Online Campsite and Shelter Reservation System Opens July 7
SPRINGFIELD, ILL. -- Reservations for most Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) campsites, cabins, group campsites and picnic shelters for the 2010 season can be made online beginning July 7.
Reservations can be made on the ReserveAmerica web site at www.reserveamerica.com using Visa and MasterCard. IDNR camping and shelter reservations will no longer be taken through the mail or over the phone. ...
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Purchase Tickets for State Fair Grandstand Acts
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Beginning this weekend, tickets for 2010 Illinois State Fair concerts can be purchased at the Grandstand box office on the fairgrounds. The box office will open June 5 with special Saturday hours from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thereafter it will be open weekdays, except holidays, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday, July 31, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. ...
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Medicare "Doughnut Hole" Rebate Check Scams
CHICAGO—May 27, 2010. While insurance regulators across the country work to implement the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or national health insurance reform, con artists and predators are attempting to scam consumers into providing Social Security numbers and other personal information, according to the Illinois Department of Insurance. ...
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Heat Safety Focus of IEMA's 12-Month Preparedness Campaign during July
SPRINGFIELD – Temperatures in June were hot, but it's likely the hottest part of the summer is yet to come. In fact, most extreme high temperature records in Illinois have been set during July, including the state's hottest month ever recorded in July 1936. And extreme temperatures aren't just uncomfortable – they are also responsible for more weather-related deaths than all other weather phenomena combined. ...
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