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House votes to overturn budget cuts

Associated Press
Oct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The Illinois House on Tuesday overturned most of Gov. Rod Blagojevich's more than $460 million in budget vetoes, continuing a yearlong battle between top ...
Officials want lawmakers to restore funding

By John Patterson Daily Herald Staff
Oct 01, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- In Prospect Heights, state budget cuts jeopardize a flood-control project. In Downers Grove, they mean an agency working with the developmentally disabled...
Obama reports $19 million raised over summer

Associated Press
Oct 01, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Barack Obama raised more than $19 million this summer for the presidential primaries, holding his lead for now in the race for campaign cash though still t...
Clinton health care plan would be a big government disaster

By Cal Thomas
Oct 01, 2007 11:00 pm - In her latest plan to transform the American health care system, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton invokes a word she usually reserves for abortion: choi...
Obama says Clintons offer nothing new

Associated Press
Sep 30, 2007 11:00 pm - COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Sunday that the front-runner for his party's nomination, Hillary Rodham Clinton, does not offer the...
State construction bill includes more than roads, schools

By Ryan Keith Associated Press
Sep 30, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Roads, schools and bridges. It has become a common refrain at the state Capitol, as officials describe projects that could be built with a long-delayed co...
Chapter 2: Unequal state equalizer

By Emily Krone
Sep 29, 2007 11:00 pm - The Illinois Constitution assigns the state the primary responsibility for financing public schools. The state doesn't live up to that responsibility. Not by a long shot...
Wind power looks to be worth his while

Associated Press
Sep 29, 2007 11:00 pm - FREEPORT -- A 35-foot-high wind turbine 12 feet in diameter on Troy Rudy's property saved him $80 in electrical bills the first month he had it running. But economics wa...
Briefs: Lyric, guild reach deal

Sep 28, 2007 11:00 pm - The show will go on at the Lyric Opera of Chicago this weekend. The Lyric's general director, William Mason, says the opera has reached a tentative contract settlement w...
Governor expands cancer screenings

Associated Press
Sep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Illinois will expand its breast and cervical cancer screening program to cover all women without insurance in another move by Gov. Rod Blagojevich to increase access aft...

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