Ricca Slone (born February 19, 1947) is a former member of the

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Early life and education

Slone was born in

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and grew up in

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. Slone received her B.A. from

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. She obtained an M.A. in anthropology at the

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. She also has an M.A. in public administration from

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and a J.D. from the

University of Illinois College of Law The University of Illinois College of Law at Urbana-Champaign is the law school of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, a public land-grant research university in Champaign and Urbana, Illinois. It was established in 1897 and offers th ...

. She holds an advanced certificate in international law from

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Career

Slone is an attorney whose work concentrates on environmental compliance and real estate transactions for small business. She has served on the Peoria City-County Landfill Committee. Slone previously worked at the Office of Policy Development & Research at the

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. During the

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, she worked at the

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. Slone has worked as a consultant on regional water supply policy and as a lobbyist for the

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. She currently serves as a lecturer in the

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program at

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Family

Slone is divorced and has three sons; Zachary, Sydney, and Seth.

Committee assignments

Slone served on the following committees in the

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: * Appropriations-Higher Education (Chairperson) * Environment and Energy (Vice-Chairperson) * Health Care Availability Access * Housing & Urban Development * Local Government * Subcommittee on Electric Deregulation * Committee of the Whole * Subcommittee on Transit

Electoral history

Slone was named Legislator of the Year by the Illinois Environmental Council. Slone served in the

from 1997 through 2005. She lost to Republican

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in the 2004 general election.

References

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