Articles filed under Illinois Senate
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Murphy exploits county sales taxAug 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Gov. Blagojevich is starting to rub off on my State Sen. Matt Murphy. He thinks that legislating via press conference and press releases is going to actually repeal the...
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Politician denies anti-tax proposal is election relatedAug 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Sen. Matt Murphy won't admit his latest bill is already dead. But he concedes it's an uphill battle, trying to roll back the Cook County sales tax increase via a state l...
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Illinois District 30 needs Keith GrayAug 02, 2008 11:00 pm - Do most readers of the Lake County Daily Herald really know what their own representatives in the Illinois General Assembly have been up to in Springfield doing the peop...
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Law could make Cook Co. split easierJul 16, 2008 11:00 pm - State Sen. Matt Murphy made an appearance at Monday's Palatine village council meeting to speak briefly about legislation he and State Rep. Suzie Bassi have proposed tha...
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Electioneering at taxpayer expenseJun 18, 2008 11:00 pm - Recently, the taxpayers of the Northwest suburbs paid for State Senator Matt Murphy and State Rep. Syd Mathias to send out 35,000 mailers, advertising themselves in the ...
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Legislature candidates face legal challengesApr 18, 2008 11:00 pm - The candidacies of three state legislative hopefuls from Lake County -- two Republicans and one Democrat -- face legal challenges. Democratic operatives are formally pro...
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Gentes nabs Democratic bid for 26th District SenateFeb 05, 2008 10:00 pm - Round Lake Mayor Bill Gentes has won the Democratic primary and will be on the November ballot for State Senate District 26. Unofficial vote totals show he beat out Rich...
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Gentes: a 'devoted public servant'Jan 30, 2008 10:00 pm - When I moved to Round Lake some 13 years ago, I wanted to find ways to serve the community. One of my opportunities came when Mayor Bill Gentes appointed me a commissio...
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Senate candidates talk tax, education, transit reformJan 27, 2008 10:00 pm - Q&A: State Senate District 26 Two Democrats are running in the Feb. 5 primary for the 26th state Senate seat long held by Republican state legislator William Peterson, w...
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Link's former foe was fully funded by unionJan 24, 2008 10:00 pm - A Midwest labor union bankrolled the unsuccessful effort to unseat veteran state Sen. Terry Link in the upcoming Democratic Party primary, state records show. Onetime ch...