Articles filed under Politics
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Make your voice heard at the pollsOct 08, 2008 11:00 pm - I'm fed up with the mess in Springfield, but I'm writing to voice my opposition to holding a Constitutional convention. Rewriting the entire Constitution is not a way to...
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Bean, Greenberg to debate Saturday -- but you're not invitedOct 08, 2008 11:00 pm - With Election Day less than a month away, U.S. Rep. Melissa Bean and challenger Steve Greenberg will jointly take the stage at a political forum for the first time Satur...
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Judges shouldn't take lawyer moneyOct 08, 2008 11:00 pm - I am writing to express my concern over the bias of our judicial system. On Nov. 4, we will not just be voting for a new president, senator or congressman. We will also ...
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Gentes will fight railroad saleOct 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Canadian National (CN) wants to make the EJ&E line into a train superhighway with at least 20 freight trains per day blocking traffic and making getting around impossibl...
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Bush signs order to ease switch to next presidentOct 08, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON --A piece of paper that President Bush signed Thursday helps ease his way out of the White House when his term ends and clears the way for his successor. The ...
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Group campaigns against rec center at Quarry BeachOct 08, 2008 11:00 pm - "No $36 million tax increase. Not now. Not there." That's the message you can print out on business cards, through a document offered on saveourquarry.com. It sums up th...
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Fitzgerald digs at Obama's bipartisan claimsOct 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Former U.S. Sen. Peter Fitzgerald of Inverness came out Wednesday for John McCain to say Barack Obama is no reformer. "It is not something he actually does when he gets ...
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6th Congressional rivals differ on transportationOct 08, 2008 11:00 pm - First in a series of stories on the issues facing incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam and Democrat Jill Morgenthaler in the 6th Congressional District Nov. 4...
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Sweeney blames incumbent for state's financesOct 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Republican challenger Mike Sweeney is going after Democrat Dan Kotowski on the campaign trail for the state's fiscal mess and for voting to lease the lottery to a privat...
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Oberweis on Iraq: "We're winning"Oct 07, 2008 11:00 pm - If the war in Iraq keeps headed in the direction it has in recent months, the nation will someday be a peaceful country that runs itself with minimal assistance from the...