Articles filed under Political Figures
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Make Obama's birthday a state holiday?Feb 03, 2016 12:00 am - Several Illinois lawmakers want to declare President Barack Obama's birthday, Aug. 4, a state holiday. Rep. André Thapedi, a Chicago Democrat, introduced legislation thi...
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Springfield budget fight has student rethinking political careerJan 29, 2016 4:18 am - Western Illinois University student body President Wil Gradle of St. Charles, who traveled to Springfield this week as a guest of Illinois Treasurer Mike Frerichs, says ...
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Obama plans Springfield speech as Democrats, Rauner warJan 29, 2016 12:00 am - President Barack Obama is scheduled to talk to state lawmakers at the Illinois Capitol next month. "I look forward to welcoming President Obama to the State Capitol and ...
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8 conditions kept out of medical marijuana programJan 29, 2016 12:00 am - Illinois residents suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, autism, irritable bowel syndrome, osteoarthritis or one of four other chronic disorders will not be abl...
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Former Illinois Senate President Philip Rock diesJan 29, 2016 12:00 am - Philip Rock, an Oak Park Democrat who led the Illinois Senate as its president during his 22 years in Springfield, died early Friday. Rock, 78, first rose to the post of...
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Rauner: Help poor schools but don't cut from othersJan 27, 2016 12:00 am - Mired in a budget feud that has dominated his first year in office, Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner Wednesday sought to use an ongoing push to change how the state pays for...
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Rauner to highlight efficiencies in State of the State speechJan 26, 2016 12:00 am - In the days leading up to Gov. Bruce Rauner's state of the State address Wednesday, a chorus of union leaders, lawmakers and caretakers have begged for a resolution to I...
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Rauner: No good excuse for lack of state budgetJan 25, 2016 12:00 am - Days before he's set to give his State of the State address, Gov. Bruce Rauner said there's "no good excuse" for the lack of a state budget leading to widespread cuts to...
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Trump's bad bet: How too much debt drove his biggest casino agroundJan 24, 2016 6:36 am - For months in 1987, Donald Trump maneuvered to take control of the hulking, unfinished Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City. He snapped up stock in the parent company after...
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Naperville man appointed to lead state agencyJan 22, 2016 12:00 am - The department that oversees state operations has a newly appointed director from Naperville, the governor announced on Friday. Gov. Bruce Rauner appointed Mike Hoffman...