Illinois State Politics
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Chamber sponsors candidate debate at ECCOct 07, 2010 11:00 pm - The Elgin Area Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a forum for candidates in the 22nd Senate and 43rd and 49th House District seats, focusing on major issues affecting cha...
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Elgin promenade plan gets $8 millionOct 07, 2010 11:00 pm - In February, Elgin leaders trumpeted a $13 million plan to revamp the decrepit Riverside Drive in the city's downtown. Reconstructing the 1,500-foot-long stretch on the ...
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District 61 candidates offer plans to lure jobsOct 07, 2010 11:00 pm - The two candidates vying to become the state representative in the 61st District agree that creating, bringing and retaining jobs in northern Lake County is vital to hel...
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Walker unafraid to be independentOct 06, 2010 11:00 pm - Mark Walker's leadership in standing up to Todd Stroger and reducing the Cook County sales tax has earned him my vote this November. It took a businessman and a reformer...
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Turelli has right ideas on schoolsOct 06, 2010 11:00 pm - Lauren Turelli, the candidate for state representative in the 58th District, has both the experience and the right ideas that can improve our state's education standards...
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House Dist. 48 candidates differ on job creationOct 06, 2010 11:00 pm - As effects from the recession continue to batter Illinois residents, both candidates for state House District 48 say job creation is their top priority. But while incum...
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42nd House candidates debate budget, serviceOct 06, 2010 11:00 pm - An astronomical budget deficit at the state level has created a political storm that incumbents must steer through during this election season. However, one DuPage Coun...
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Harris will help get state on trackOct 06, 2010 11:00 pm - I have lived in Illinois all my life, and I have never felt as uncertain about the future here in Illinois as I do now. Illinois has slipped to the bottom of the barrel ...
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43rd District candidates play it safe in debateOct 06, 2010 11:00 pm - With mud in the forms of political mailers being flung and a boxing ring-style bell set up to tell candidates when their time was up, one might have thought hopefuls for...
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45th District candidates offer different financial fixesOct 06, 2010 11:00 pm - Franco Coladipietro and Joann Franzen agree the time is now to improve the state's financial situation. Where the candidates for the 45th House District differ is in th...