Articles filed under Illinois
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Governor confident lawmakers will 'do the right thing'May 29, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Calling last year's deficit-riddled state spending plan an "aberration," Gov. Rod Blagojevich told the Daily Herald he expects to get a balanced budget fro...
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Clinton should bow out with dignityMay 29, 2008 11:00 pm - Hillary is delusional. Claiming to be a better candidate to beat McCain does not make it so, nor does it mean, more importantly, that she'd make a better president. Eve...
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Marriage licenses $5 moreMay 29, 2008 11:00 pm - Beginning next week, Illinois counties will begin collecting an extra $5 from those seeking marriage licenses. The money will be used to pay for legal counseling and ser...
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IDOT: We don't have the cash to pick up all the roadkillsMay 29, 2008 11:00 pm - CARBONDALE -- The view along Illinois highways for at least part of this summer should be beautiful -- for the turkey vultures. The state's transportation department say...
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Illegal immigrant mystery health tabMay 29, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- As the state's unpaid medical bills continue to climb, Illinois has enrolled thousands of undocumented immigrant children into Gov. Rod Blagojevich's All ...
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Lawmakers look to borrow $16 billion for pensionsMay 29, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois Senate Democrats approved borrowing $16 billion to cover pension debt Thursday over minority Republicans howls of being politically steam-rolled ...
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Rezko wanted in Las Vegas over gambling debtsMay 29, 2008 11:00 pm - As a Chicago jury deliberates Antoin "Tony" Rezko's fate on corruption charges, Las Vegas authorities slapped the prolific political insider with criminal charges tied t...
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Obama, as president, could face problems that doomed CarterMay 29, 2008 11:00 pm - A year after Jimmy Carter lost his re-election race to Ronald Reagan, Hamilton Jordan, his former White House chief of staff, sat down for a lengthy interview with schol...
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High court denies appealMay 29, 2008 11:00 pm - The Illinois Supreme Court has denied an appeal by a man who confessed to a murder that helped spur Illinois' death penalty debate. The court refused to hear a claim by ...
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Lawmakers racing the clock on budgetMay 28, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- An elusive, multibillion-dollar construction spending spree remained out of lawmakers' grasp Wednesday as pressure grows daily for them to strike an accor...