Illinois State Politics
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Where 53rd district candidates stand on education issuesOct 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Since Rev. James Meeks had students from Chicago bused to New Trier High School in September to display inequality in education, school funding has been on the minds of ...
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Bean, Greenberg to debate Saturday -- but you're not invitedOct 08, 2008 11:00 pm - With Election Day less than a month away, U.S. Rep. Melissa Bean and challenger Steve Greenberg will jointly take the stage at a political forum for the first time Satur...
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Gentes will fight railroad saleOct 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Canadian National (CN) wants to make the EJ&E line into a train superhighway with at least 20 freight trains per day blocking traffic and making getting around impossibl...
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Sweeney blames incumbent for state's financesOct 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Republican challenger Mike Sweeney is going after Democrat Dan Kotowski on the campaign trail for the state's fiscal mess and for voting to lease the lottery to a privat...
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Dems dominating TV ads, but GOP set to counter soonOct 07, 2008 11:00 pm - If you've seen a local political TV ad or found a glossy partisan mailer in the mailbox lately, chances are high it was from a Democrat. Cable ads from Democrats have la...
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Forte-Scott flier pulled after Daily Herald complaintOct 07, 2008 11:00 pm - A campaign flier supporting Anita Forte-Scott's bid for the 56th District State House seat has been pulled after a complaint by the Daily Herald. The flier, sent out in ...
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Campaign ad goes after Republican incumbent from Des PlainesOct 07, 2008 11:00 pm - State Rep. Rosemary Mulligan is the target of a recent TV ad from Democratic challenger Aurora Austriaco that calls her out of touch with district residents. The commer...
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Are you sure you can vote? Here's how to verifyOct 06, 2008 11:00 pm - Today is the last day for unregistered voters to get in on the upcoming presidential election and contentious local races. Registration requests have to be in by the cl...
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Democratic candidate rebuts pay-to-play allegationsOct 06, 2008 11:00 pm - Democrat Aurora Austriaco's law firm and law partners have given more than $100,000 to Gov. Rod Blagojevich's campaign fund and they have won more than $1 million in sta...
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66th District candidates differ on O'Hare expansion.Oct 06, 2008 11:00 pm - To expand or not to expand O'Hare International Airport: that is the question in the District 66 state house race between Elk Grove Village trustee Christine K. Prochno,...