Articles filed under Illinois
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State fair ticket office now openJun 07, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Music fans interested in attending one or more concerts at the Illinois State Fair this summer can now buy tickets at the fairgrounds. The ticket office o...
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Critics can't match priest's good deedsJun 07, 2008 11:00 pm - The avalanche of hate, disparagement and vilification aimed at Father Michael Pfleger for his May 25 over-the-top sarcasm directed at Hillary Clinton is puzzling. Usual...
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Putting Clinton on his ticket would be a bad move by ObamaJun 07, 2008 11:00 pm - An axiom. When voters watch a presumptive presidential nominee considering this or that running mate, they think: What if the president dies? When the presumptive nomine...
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Illinois holds its own in porkJun 06, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- So much for trimming the pork. The practice of decorating legislation with billions of dollars in pet projects and federal contracts is still thriving on C...
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GOP looks for 'political mileage' with RezkoJun 05, 2008 11:00 pm - These are wilderness-wandering days for Illinois Republicans. Minority status in both legislative chambers. Locked out of the governor's mansion and all other statewide ...
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Judge takes police to taskJun 05, 2008 11:00 pm - A Cook County judge is threatening the Illinois State Police with criminal contempt of court for routinely disobeying his orders to expunge criminal records. Judge Ronal...
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NIU still counting on stateJun 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Northern Illinois University officials said they hope they'll get another chance at state money to remodel the lecture hall where five students were gunned down during a...
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Lawmakers divided on trusting BlagojevichJun 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Top lawmakers left a closed door meeting Thursday in Chicago without reaching a budget deal and split over whether to trust Gov. Rod Blagojevich given the conviction of ...
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Illinois overspends on fairsJun 05, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- According to the auditor general, the costs of Illinois' two state fairs exceeded revenues last year. In a report issued yesterday (Thursday), Illinois Au...
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Budget battles could become new Illinois summer traditionJun 05, 2008 11:00 pm - As Wednesday's guilty verdict against insider Antoin "Tony" Rezko continued to call into question the governor's judgment and ethics, top lawmakers left a backroom meeti...