Kerry Lester
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Calls from Kirk, Cross eroded GOP votes to oust BradyMar 09, 2013 3:00 pm - Illinois Republican committeemen pulled the plug on a special meeting to oust party chairman Pat Brady over statements supporting gay marriage less than 13 hours before ...
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GOP meeting for Brady’s ouster canceled late FridayMar 08, 2013 9:28 pm - Illinois GOP committeemen late Friday evening moved to cancel a meeting where the ouster of their chairman over controversial remarks supporting gay marriage was suppose...
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GOP committeemen calling for Brady's ouster also contradict platformMar 08, 2013 11:00 am - The Illinois GOP committeemen calling for Chairman Pat Brady's ouster say they are doing so because his support for same-sex marriage directly contradicts the party plat...
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Quinn's cuts could hit suburban schools, townsMar 06, 2013 9:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — Gov. Pat Quinn's budget proposal to lawmakers Wednesday presents potentially stark budget cuts that he blames largely on the state's skyrocketing pension c...
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Joe Walsh to start WIND talk showMar 06, 2013 6:00 am - Former Congressman Joe Walsh will be working in the 8th Congressional District after all. While the ink's not quite dry yet, Walsh told the Daily Herald Wednesday that h...
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Topinka: Ousting Brady sends 'a terrible message'Mar 05, 2013 5:00 pm - Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka is the third top Illinois Republican official to publicly sound off in support of state GOP Chair Pat Brady, of St. Charles, who could be o...
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Netsch broke barriers in 'stalwart fashion'Mar 05, 2013 7:00 am - Just days from the Supreme Court's January 1973 decision on Roe V. Wade, the women's rights movement marked a different advance at a state level. Dawn Clark Netsch, the ...
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Kotowski: Courts need to do more to keep mentally ill from getting gunsMar 02, 2013 5:15 pm - A suburban state senator and leading gun control advocate is calling on county courts to do more to report mental illness, disqualifying potentially dangerous Illinoisan...
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Bank robbery in Elgin SaturdayMar 02, 2013 5:05 pm - A bank robbery took place on Elgin’s west side Saturday morning, police said. According to a news release from the Elgin Police Department, officers around 9:15 a.m. res...
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GOP committeemen suggest Lake Forest lawyer as replacement for BradyMar 01, 2013 7:53 pm - One of the seven Republican state central committeemen who signed a letter last week calling for a special meeting in the wake of the party chairman’s comments supportin...