Articles filed under Illinois Senate
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Murphy went to bat, now so will sheSep 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Recently, I read a newspaper article about state Sen. Matt Murphy's effort to cut Todd Stroger's sales tax. The price of gasoline is outrageous, food prices are on the r...
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Supreme Court shoots down DuPage candidate's chancesSep 09, 2008 11:00 pm - The Illinois Supreme Court rejected would-be Democratic state Senate candidate Tom Cullerton's appeal to have his name on the Nov. 4 ballot. Cullerton had sought the opi...
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Link hasn't made changes for betterSep 06, 2008 11:00 pm - State Sen. Terry Link was in Denver as a delegate for Barack Obama, the candidate for 'Change!' Sen. Link is a four-term incumbent that is part of the controlling leader...
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Link should heed warning from 'boss'Sep 05, 2008 11:00 pm - In regard to Lake County leader Terry Link and former party Vice Chairman Pete Couvall, let's refer to Sen. Barack Obama's quote to the Chicago Tribune on April 3, 2007,...
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Murphy no help to young adults who need health insuranceAug 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Once again, Matt Murphy doesn't get it. Even as families with young adults in the "rich" Northwest suburbs are being hit with higher property taxes, higher fuel costs, h...
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Link bad for Lake economy, residentsAug 22, 2008 11:00 pm - I'm concerned for the citizens of Lake County. Our local economy is stagnant, and what's worse is that our county is resting in the hands of people who have their own in...
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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...