Mike Riopell
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Schakowsky arrested at immigration rallyOct 08, 2013 3:52 pm - U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky, an Evanston Democrat, was arrested Tuesday for blocking a street near the National Mall at an immigration reform rally in Washington, her spoke...
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Rauner the latest candidate to pick suburban running mateOct 08, 2013 8:00 am - When Republican candidate for governor Bruce Rauner named Wheaton City Council member Evelyn Sanguinetti as his running mate Tuesday, he became the third hopeful to pick...
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Dennis Hastert: 'Life went on' after last shutdownOct 04, 2013 5:15 am - As the federal government shutdown heads into its first weekend, former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert reflected on the last time it happened — a three-week shutdown ...
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Local delegation OK after shooting near CapitolOct 03, 2013 3:11 pm - Federal lawmakers from the suburbs say a shooting near the Capitol kept them locked in place for about a half hour before they were given the all clear. Several took to ...
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Girl escapes Warrenville youth center two timesOct 02, 2013 10:00 am - A girl escaped for the second time last month from the Illinois Youth Center at Warrenville, a spokeswoman for the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice said. The late...
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Chicago-area WWII veterans get into memorialOct 02, 2013 9:00 am - Chicago-area World War II veterans didn't encounter many hurdles getting into the war's national memorial in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, even though the monument techni...
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Some suburban members of Congress say they'll forego payOct 01, 2013 5:00 pm - Some suburban members of Congress say they'll give back their salaries during the federal government shutdown or donate the money to charity. Republican U.S. Reps. Randy...
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How the suburbs are dealing with the shutdownOct 01, 2013 12:00 pm - A day after dozens of Mississippi veterans crossed barricades at the national World War II Memorial honoring their service, a group of 91 Chicago-area veterans is set to...
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While shutdown loomed, so did fundraising deadlineSep 30, 2013 11:00 pm - As the clock ran down on the federal government budget Monday, midnight also represented federal lawmakers' third-quarter political fundraising deadline. The two events ...
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Shutdown to furlough nearly 2,500 at Great LakesSep 30, 2013 10:00 am - A congressional stalemate in Washington is set to leave thousands of suburban federal workers unpaid beginning Tuesday, including nearly 2,500 civilian employees at Nava...