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FILE - This July 2, 2009 file photo shows the Archer Daniels Midland Company logo on a tanker truck at the ADM plant in Decatur, Ill. Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is pushing to give small companies in the state equal access to the tax breaks that big corporations have. The plan takes aim at special EDGE credits _ tax breaks a small number of big companies like Sears Holding Corp. and OfficeMax have sought by going directly to the General Assembly with threats to leave Illinois. Madigan's plan would make the tax credits available to businesses with fewer than 100 employees, and target credits at areas of high poverty and unemployment. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)
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FILE - This Nov. 1, 2013 file photo shows the exterior of an Office Max store in Chicago. Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is pushing to give small companies in the state equal access to the tax breaks that big corporations have. The plan takes aim at special EDGE credits _ tax breaks a small number of big companies like Sears Holding Corp. and OfficeMax have sought by going directly to the General Assembly with threats to leave Illinois. Madigan's plan would make the tax credits available to businesses with fewer than 100 employees, and target credits at areas of high poverty and unemployment. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)
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In this May 14, 2014 photo, Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, testifies during a committee hearing at the Capitol in Springfield, Ill. Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is pushing to give small companies in the state equal access to the tax breaks that big corporations have. The plan takes aim at special EDGE credits _ tax breaks a small number of big companies like Sears Holding Corp. and OfficeMax have sought by going directly to the General Assembly with threats to leave Illinois. Madigan's plan would make the tax credits available to businesses with fewer than 100 employees, and target credits at areas of high poverty and unemployment. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
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FILE - In this March 18, 2014 file photo, Jesse Ly smoked his e-cigarette at the Smokeless Smoking kiosk at the Roseville Mall in Roseville, Minn. Democrats who control the Minnesota Legislature can brag about key accomplishments in the just-completed session, including a big boost in the minimum wage and a tougher statewide anti-bullying law. But they needed and got help from Republicans to push through $1.1 billion in spending on construction projects, major tax relief and legalized medical marijuana. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Renee Jones Schneider)
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FILE - In this April 30, 2014 file photo, Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton delivers his State of the State address before a joint session of the Legislature in St. Paul, Minn. Democrats who control the Minnesota Legislature can brag about key accomplishments in the just-completed session, including a big boost in the minimum wage and a tougher statewide anti-bullying law. But they needed and got help from Republicans to push through $1.1 billion in spending on construction projects, major tax relief and legalized medical marijuana. (AP Photo/Tom Olmscheid)
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FILE - In this May 9, 2014 file photo, Medical marijuana advocates watch as the Minnesota House of Representatives vote on a bill that would legalize marijuana use for medical reasons at the Capitol in St. Paul, Minn. Democrats who control the Minnesota Legislature can brag about key accomplishments in the just-completed session, including a big boost in the minimum wage and a tougher statewide anti-bullying law. But they needed and got help from Republicans to push through $1.1 billion in spending on construction projects, major tax relief and legalized medical marijuana. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Glen Stubbe)
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In this April 25, 2014 photo, a pedestrian crosses South Dooly Street in the main business section of Montezuma, Ga., which up until last year housed the only emergency room in the county. Having an emergency room helped bring a manufacturer to the job-starved county in 2006. The head of the county’s development authority, Jimmy Davis, worries what will happen the next time a potential employer asks whether there’s a nearby emergency room. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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** FILE ** Pope Francis leaves after an audience for members of associations founded by late Bishop Luigi Novarese, in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Saturday, May 17, 2014. Bishop Luigi Novarese, founded the Pious Union of the Silent Workers of the Cross to help sick and disabled people and was beatified on May 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)
