Kendall County
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Feds, Ryan clash over secret hospital visitJan 06, 2011 10:00 pm - Prosecutors and attorneys for George Ryan clashed in court filings Friday over the disgraced former governor's visit to his wife's hospital bedside earlier in the week —...
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Quinn to decide if ethics officer should oversee mass transitJan 05, 2011 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Gov. Pat Quinn will decide whether the state's top ethics official should oversee all of Chicago-area mass transit, after the Senate approved the authority...
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As income tax talks heat up, some suburban lawmakers remain cool to itJan 05, 2011 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — With tax-increase talk still percolating at the Capitol, many suburban lawmakers remain wary of asking Illinoisans who might be facing their own budget tro...
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Roskam to escort Boehner to swearing inJan 04, 2011 11:00 pm - A suburban Congressman will play a major role in the swearing in of new House Speaker John Boehner Wednesday, as one of a handful of lawmakers selected to escort the Ohi...
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GOP takes over, new Illinois Congressmen step upJan 04, 2011 10:00 pm - A chesslike Republican strategy is in the works, with the suburbs serving as key turf in advancing the party's power legislatively and politically on a national scale. M...
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State ethics chief could oversee RTA, Metra, PaceJan 04, 2011 10:00 pm - A plan to make the state's top ethics officer the new watchdog over all of Chicago-area mass transit got a boost Wednesday from approval from the full House. Rep. Jack F...
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Gambling legislation changes to try to help existing casinosJan 04, 2011 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Thanks in part to suburban Republican support, a plan to allow for slot machines at Arlington Park and five new Illinois casinos cleared a preliminary hurd...
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New suburban Congressmen start work todayJan 04, 2011 10:00 pm - As the new Congress gets ready to start work today, freshman lawmakers from the West and Northwest suburbs will be among those taking on the job for the first time. Cong...
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State government could control transit agency oversightJan 03, 2011 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — A state House committee Tuesday unanimously supported legislation that would give the Illinois executive inspector general authority to oversee the Regiona...
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Death penalty supporters ask lawmakers to think of victims' familiesJan 03, 2011 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — With a vote over the death penalty in Illinois possibly looming in the coming days, supporters of capital punishment Tuesday sought to bring victims' famil...