Illinois
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Report says Illinois government is among worst
Mar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- A messy state budget picture and constant fighting at the state Capitol have earned Illinois poor marks for governmental management and performance from a...
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Mexican-Americans, and Obamas, need not prove they're patrioticMar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - In the movie "Selena," about the slain Tejano singer, there is a priceless scene where Edward James Olmos tries to explain how difficult it is to be Mexican-American. On...
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Does Clinton still have south Texas Hispanics?Mar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - LAREDO, Texas -- Half a lifetime ago, Hillary Rodham, a Yale law student just a few years out of Maine South High School, worked for several weeks in south Texas. Her bo...
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Donation precedes seatsMar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - Two members of an elevator installers union were appointed to a new state elevator-safety board about the time their local gave a $10,000 campaign contribution to Gov. R...
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Illinois House votes to repeal required moment of silence
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Three area hearings on state budgetMar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- More than a dozen hearings across the state have been scheduled for this month as lawmakers seek public participation and ideas about the upcoming state b...
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A $1 million correctionMar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - Gov. Rod Blagojevich is giving $1 million to the historic Pilgrim Baptist Church in Chicago because the initial $1 million grant he pledged to the burned out church mist...
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Man in Skokie mall posed no threatMar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - Police in Skokie say a man traced to his home in Evanston turns out to have posed no threat, even though his strange behavior prompted the closing of two major departmen...
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Jobs take center stage in OhioMar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - TOLEDO, Ohio -- Hillary Clinton bid farewell to Buckeye State voters Monday by hammering her plans to bring jobs back to struggling Rust Belt cities like Toledo and atta...
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Discrimination alleged in high school lawsuitMar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - A freshman has filed a lawsuit against Bolingbrook High School, saying he was expelled last month because he is Mexican-American. School officials said Sunday they could...