Articles filed under Political Figures
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Union files third lawsuit over Pontiac prisonNov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN _ The union that represents workers at a central Illinois prison filed another lawsuit Wednesday trying to stop the state from closing the facility until safet...
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Economy, smoking ban snuff casino profitsNov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - A sinking economy and state smoking ban have combined to torpedo Illinois casinos, whose take from gamblers plummeted more than 25 percent last month compa...
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Obama to give up Senate seat this SundayNov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - President-elect Barack Obama said Thursday that he will resign from the Senate effective Sunday. In a statement, the junior Illinois senator called his four-year term "...
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Does Obama know any normal people?Nov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - A recent letter in Fence Post referred to Bill Ayers as "a distinguished professor." Distinguished? Just two years ago, he was with Hugo Chavez in Venezuela praising hi...
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Socialism is not form of governmentNov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - This is in response to the letter to the editor in the Nov. 9 Daily Herald by Karen Swanson ("Obama voters have done the country in"). She believes President-Elect Obam...
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Are we on Obama overload?Nov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - More than a week has passed since Barack Obama was elected president, but Obamamania is still in full swing. When he goes to dinner with his wife, takes his kids to sch...
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Was 'Country First' just election slogan?Nov 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Throughout the 2008 presidential campaign, signs barring the slogan "Country First" were seen from the Republican convention to rallies all over America. Was this just ...
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McCain: Don't blame PalinNov 11, 2008 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES (AP) _ In his first interview since conceding the presidential election, John McCain said Tuesday that Sarah Palin did not damage his presidential bid and he...
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Durbin has a favored Obama replacement -- but he's not talkingNov 11, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Dick Durbin isn't saying whom he'd like to have as an Illinois colleague in the U.S. Senate, but made it clear Tuesday he has someone in mind and plans on ...
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All FamilyCare coverage ended until judge rulesNov 11, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The Blagojevich administration has stopped payment on most state-subsidized health care, asking a judge to clarify his order to shut down an illegal expan...