Mike Riopell
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Rutherford backs giving workers choice in pension cutsJan 25, 2014 7:00 am - Illinois Treasurer Dan Rutherford of Chenoa said he’d be inclined to support a plan that would offer teachers and state workers an incentive in exchange for taking cuts ...
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Arlington season's fate rests with lawmakersJan 24, 2014 4:15 am - If you watch Gov. Pat Quinn's State of the State speech Wednesday and see some lawmakers in the crowd nervously checking their watches, it might not be because he's been...
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Brady: School pay raises should have consequencesJan 23, 2014 4:30 am - Republican candidate for governor and state Sen. Bill Brady of Bloomington says local schools should pay for state pension costs that result from pay raises given to tea...
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Dillard: Call Midwestern truce on job stealingJan 21, 2014 12:46 pm - State Sen. Kirk Dillard of Hinsdale said if elected governor he’d work on calling a truce with other Midwestern states to try to prevent them from stealing jobs from eac...
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10th District ballot will look familiar to votersJan 20, 2014 4:15 am - If the rematch for Congress in the northern suburbs' 10th District sounds unusual to voters, they don't have to look far to find a similar example. Republican Bob Dold o...
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GOP candidates debate what qualities make best governorJan 19, 2014 4:30 am - With his focus on term limits and “union bosses” in Springfield, Winnetka businessman Bruce Rauner has tried to make his Republican primary campaign for governor a refer...
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History meets Hollywood in new 'Lincoln' exhibitJan 19, 2014 4:30 am - SPRINGFIELD - In being reasonably accurate portrayals of genuine artifacts from the time, props from the film "Lincoln" have become artifacts of sorts themselves, now on...
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State Republicans to pick national leader SaturdayJan 17, 2014 4:30 am - Some of the state's top Republicans will gather in Chicago Saturday to pick a new national committeeman, and former DuPage County Board Chairman Bob Schillerstrom is on ...
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GOP governor candidates forum: watch live at 8 a.m.Jan 16, 2014 4:40 am - The four Republican candidates for governor will talk business issues in Mount Prospect this morning, in the first forum of the 2014 campaign where all will be in the sa...
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Rauner targeted by his opponents at Republican candidates' forumJan 15, 2014 4:00 pm - Winnetka businessman Bruce Rauner called a Daily Herald and ABC 7 candidate forum a “beat up Brucey” day after his three primary election opponents tried to question whe...