Articles filed under Illinois
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Who wants to fill Hastert's seat?Aug 17, 2007 11:00 pm - With Dennis Hastert not seeking re-election in the 14th Congressional District, the campaigns of his potential replacements are about to be a lot more visible. While se...
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Teenagers' driving records available to parents onlineAug 17, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Looking back, Nancy Buckner said there's no way she would have let her 16-old-son out of the house, let alone behind the wheel, nearly 10 years ago when h...
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End of an era: Hastert won't seek re-electionAug 17, 2007 11:00 pm - The high school wrestling coach who rose to House Speaker stepped off the political mat Friday. Congressman Denny Hastert told several hundred supporters gathered at the...
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Hastert: Leaving on his own termsAug 16, 2007 11:00 pm - Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert might not serve out the rest of his term, setting up the possibility of a special election to find a replacement. Hastert, who will f...
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Jones acting like a politician at the end of his runAug 16, 2007 11:00 pm - If this year's legislative session is any indication, Democratic Senate President Emil Jones Jr. appears like a politician at the end of his run. The old-school lawmaker...
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Romney draws longest straw at pollAug 16, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney won the first-ever Illinois Republican Party presidential straw poll Thursday, an event designed more to spur intere...
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Democrats clash on state budgetAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Wednesday defended his decision to wipe out lawmakers' projects and instead spend the money on health care expansion that had been ...
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This group earned pink slips, not raisesAug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - Only a governor operating in left field and a legislature operating in the financial twilight zone could subject Illinois residents to such governmental ineptitude as we...
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School districts furious state won't issue approved grant moneyAug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - The superintendents of two DuPage County school districts are fuming over why they won't be able to access long-promised school construction dollars this year. A spendin...
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Ex-death row inmate turned advocate gets 30 years in prisonAug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - A former death row inmate who became a symbol of a badly broken criminal justice system harangued prosecutors and denounced a federal judge Tuesday before being sentence...