Articles filed under Political Figures
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Illinois to borrow $1.4 billion to pay waiting agencies, schoolsDec 05, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois will borrow $1.4 billion to make payments to schools, health care providers and others who've been waiting months to be reimbursed by the state. ...
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Mayor calls Pontiac Prison task force a shamDec 04, 2008 10:00 pm - PONTIAC -- Mayor Scott McCoy is dismissing as a sham the task force formed to help the Pontiac area deal with the impending loss of a state prison that Gov. Rod Blagojev...
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FBI searches 2 suburban pharmaciesDec 04, 2008 10:00 pm - JOLIET -- The FBI has searched two Joliet pharmacies owned by a fundraiser for Gov. Rod Blagojevich. FBI spokesman Ross Rice said agents took records from Basinger's Pha...
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Obama thanks Illinois fundraisersDec 04, 2008 10:00 pm - President-elect Barack Obama thanked his Illinois finance committee on Thursday night for helping him win the election, telling them it was not the end of their work but...
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Report: Blagojevich recorded in federal probeDec 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Federal investigators have made covert tape recordings of Gov. Rod Blagojevich as part of their corruption investigation of his administration, according to a published ...
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Blagojevich defends taking state plane to PhillyDec 03, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Just days after shuttering several state parks and historic sites and asking for understanding from Illinoisans amid bleak economic times, Gov. Rod Blagoje...
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Congresswoman mistakenly hangs up on ObamaDec 03, 2008 10:00 pm - MIAMI _ When a man sounding remarkably like President-elect Barack Obama called a Florida congresswoman Wednesday, she assumed it was a hoax. So Republican Rep. Ileana R...
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DuPage school districts left waiting for state to pay its billsDec 03, 2008 10:00 pm - The state's three-month delay in paying its bills has left area school districts scrambling to cover their own expenses, threatening vital services such as transportatio...
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Kirk splits from Durbin, opposes Ryan clemency bidDec 02, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - The topsy-turvy tale of George Ryan's efforts to get out of federal prison becomes a bit more twisted by the day. On Tuesday, Republican Congressman Mark K...
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Local schools awaiting millions from stateDec 02, 2008 10:00 pm - The state's inability to pay its bills is putting the squeeze on local school districts, threatening vital areas like transportation and special education. The state is ...