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Legislators thwart Blagojevich's health care end runNov 13, 2007 10:00 pm - CHICAGO -- Gov. Rod Blagojevich's emergency government health care expansion was blocked Tuesday by lawmakers who doubted the emergency and questioned his motivation. Un...
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Chicago raises property taxNov 13, 2007 10:00 pm - The first domino in a potential tax avalanche fell Tuesday when Chicago's city council voted to raise residents' property taxes as well as a host of other fees and taxes...
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Madigan walks out of heated meeting of state's top politiciansNov 13, 2007 10:00 pm - Illinois most powerful politicians walked out of a heated meeting today with no deal but with promises to assemble again as early as this afternoon. Left on the table: n...
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Chicago aldermen expected to vote on tax, fee increasesNov 12, 2007 10:00 pm - Chicagoans will find out soon how much more money the city wants out of their wallets. The Chicago City Council is expected to decide today whether to approve tax and fe...
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Nun from suburbs pleads no contest to sexually abusing schoolboys in '60sNov 12, 2007 10:00 pm - A 79-year-old Roman Catholic nun from the South suburbs pleaded no contest Monday to two counts of indecent behavior with a child for asexual encounters with two male st...
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Eleven-year-old Chicago girl missingNov 12, 2007 10:00 pm - Authorities are searching for a missing 11-year-old Chicago girl. Chicago police say Sarah Montgomery was last seen Sunday on the city's South Side by her father. Montgo...
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Blagojevich's health-care expansion getting hard lookNov 12, 2007 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- A panel of lawmakers today could decide the fate of Gov. Rod Blagojevich's unilateral attempt to expand health care to thousands of additional families, a...
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Cardinal George set to lead U.S. bishopsNov 11, 2007 10:00 pm - The nation's Roman Catholic bishops are expected to elect Chicago's archbishop to lead the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the once powerful body that's bidding to ...
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Illinois has most vanity platesNov 11, 2007 10:00 pm - RICHMOND, Va. -- URSOVAIN, Virginia. You too, New Hampshire, Illinois, Nevada and Montana. For the first time, a national group has surveyed states to determine which ha...
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Lt. Gov. calls for probe into vet firingNov 11, 2007 10:00 pm - CHICAGO -- Lieutenant Governor Pat Quinn says he wants Governor Rod Blagojevich to investigate the firing of 20 people -- including 17 veterans --- from security jobs at...