Kerry Lester
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Edgar: State needed a tax hikeJan 25, 2011 11:00 pm - To get Illinois out of its current budget mess, taxes needed to be raised, former Republican Gov. Jim Edgar told a suburban audience Wednesday. Edgar, speaking at Elmhur...
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Suburban observers see Obama strike pragmatic toneJan 24, 2011 10:00 pm - On the campaign trail and during his first 24 months in office, President Barack Obama promised and worked toward expansive plans driven by a liberal agenda. Among them,...
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Cook County clerk says just one primary scheduledJan 22, 2011 10:00 pm - New laws requiring more candidates per race to spark a primary mean that fewer precincts than ever will be open in the Cook County suburbs during the February primary. A...
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Giannoulias heads to Argentina to reflect next stepsJan 21, 2011 11:00 pm - Alexi Giannoulias spent the past two years surrounded by political advisers, speechwriters and campaign staffers, all working to help light the way from the state treasu...
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Senators, suburban congressmen taking stands on debt limitationJan 20, 2011 12:00 am - Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are pulling out the stops in the coming days to tout their respective positions on raising the nation’s debt limit. Democratic Sen...
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Suburban mayors in DC for conference, networkingJan 19, 2011 12:00 am - Six suburban mayors and village presidents are among the 230 municipal leaders at the three-day U.S. Conference of Mayors in the nation’s capitol. Arlene Mulder of Arlin...
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Kirk, Durbin to break tradition at State of the UnionJan 19, 2011 12:00 am - “Sit by ya!” might be heard regularly at elementary school cafeterias, but Illinois' two U.S. Senators are taking the phrase to a whole new level. Republican Mark Kirk o...
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Elgin High student headlines Justice Dept. eventJan 18, 2011 12:00 am - Months ago, Hannah Perryman was staring out of her bedroom window, afraid to go outside, afraid she’d encounter the neighborhood teen who assaulted when she was 11 and t...
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Dold signs onto health care reform bill at key momentJan 17, 2011 10:00 pm - A part owner in his family's pest control business, Robert Dold promised voters on the campaign trail he'd stand up for the needs of local companies. So, it was with a b...
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Walsh vows to stay visible to constituentsJan 15, 2011 10:00 pm - In his first days on the job as 8th District Congressman, each move Joe Walsh has made has been carefully calculated and distinct — and watched by politicos across the c...