Illinois State Politics
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Duffy's assistant is the real dealSep 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Dan Duffy, an independent businessman, seeks to replace state Sen. Bill Peterson of District 26, who has chosen to retire. Sen. Peterson has represented his district wel...
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Briefs: 65th hopefuls support CN dealSep 28, 2008 11:00 pm - 65th hopefuls support CN deal Both candidates for the 65th State House seat are supporting Canadian National's proposed purchase of the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway...
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Crespo cares about his constituentsSep 28, 2008 11:00 pm - This past Labor Day I was so impressed when I got a knock at my door by state Rep. Fred Crespo. It is clear that Rep. Crespo truly cares about his constituents because h...
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Tryon will help fix legislatureSep 27, 2008 11:00 pm - The House Republicans have an Agenda for Action designed to fix Illinois' failing infrastructure, moral bankruptcy in "pay-to-play" politics, failed education funding an...
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Duffy will rein in state spendingSep 26, 2008 11:00 pm - We write to you today to let you know why we need Dan Duffy, who is running for 26th District state senator, in Springfield. Dan has been a longtime friend of ours. He r...
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Farnham cares about peoples' concernsSep 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Recently, candidate for state representative Keith Farnham came to my door and did something that I have never seen before: he asked me what my concerns were. Mr. Farnha...
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Link trying to separate from BlagoSep 26, 2008 11:00 pm - The morning after the Democratic National Convention, Rod Blagojevich cuts vital local programs hoping that it gets minimal press. By all accounts, our governor is a ver...
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56th state hopefuls trade shots over taxes, licensingSep 25, 2008 11:00 pm - The candidates for the 56th state representative seat continued to take familiar swipes at each other at Thursday's debate in Schaumburg Republican challenger Anita Fort...
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State rep.'s flier draws heat from his opponentSep 25, 2008 11:00 pm - A flier attacking the health-care policies of the Republican challenger for 44th District state representative came up at Thursday's candidates' debate in Schaumburg. "Y...
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House District 96 hopefuls face offSep 24, 2008 11:00 pm - It didn't take long for the dust to start flying during Wednesday's first head-to-head meeting between 96th House District candidates Republican Darlene Senger and Democ...