Articles filed under Illinois
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Hillary Clinton's expensive plansNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - The Boston Globe quoted Hillary: "I have a million ideas. The country can't afford them all!" How true. The plans she totes as "for the common good" might reach the one...
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Briefs: New CTA deadline in placeNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - The Chicago Transit Authority has approved a set of service cuts and fare hikes that will take effect Jan. 20 if the agency doesn't receive state government funding. The...
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Midwest governors to candidates: Protect the Great LakesNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - MILWAUKEE -- Governors of the eight Great Lakes states, including Illinois, called on the 2008 presidential candidates to make protecting the lakes a priority, saying th...
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In Oxford, George is just another visitorNov 07, 2007 10:00 pm - OXFORD, Wis. -- George who? While Illinoisans were treated this week to minute-by-minute updates on the status of George Ryan's freedom, the 536 people of the...
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Former Gov. George Ryan slips into Wisconsin prisonNov 07, 2007 10:00 pm - OXFORD, Wis. -- George Ryan arrived at prison here Wednesday in the same manner that led to him being convicted in the first place: getting special treatment. ...
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Coroner says death ruling was wrongNov 07, 2007 10:00 pm - The 2004 death of a Bolingbrook police sergeant's third wife should have been ruled "undetermined," the Will County coroner said Wednesday. No charges were filed after D...
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As Ryan starts prison, Blagojevich faces similar misconduct allegationsNov 07, 2007 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- It might seem incredible that as a former Illinois governor reports to federal prison, the current chief faces similar misconduct allegations, from handin...
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State's attorney dropped from false arrest suit in Riley Fox caseNov 07, 2007 10:00 pm - Former Will County State's Attorney Jeff Tomczak faced harsh criticism at the end of his public career -- that he tried to profit politically from a child's murder. From...
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Where are they now? Key players in the Ryan scandalNov 07, 2007 10:00 pm - As former Gov. George Ryan begins his prison sentence, here's a look at key figures in the scandal that toppled him. Larry Warner - Frequent Ryan dining companion ended ...
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Right way to give driver's licenses to illegal immigrantsNov 07, 2007 10:00 pm - Hillary Clinton is taking flak for the roundabout way in which she answered a question about whether New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer was right to give driver's licenses to i...