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History instructs Gov. BlagojevichNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - Illinois politicians usually get away with small tax hikes, but raising the Illinois state income tax has proven to be a political kiss of death. State legislators and g...
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No good reason for such high taxesNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - Taxes and more taxes; when is enough -- enough? Government is rotting from the inside out because local officials lack the will for budgetary restraint: It is this level...
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Evanston-Skokie schools won't force silence on teachersNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - Evanston-Skokie Elementary District 65 has decided to ignore legislation mandating a moment of silence in Illinois public schools, according to school board members. The...
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Hillary Clinton's expensive plansNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - The Boston Globe quoted Hillary: "I have a million ideas. The country can't afford them all!" How true. The plans she totes as "for the common good" might reach the one...
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Briefs: New CTA deadline in placeNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - The Chicago Transit Authority has approved a set of service cuts and fare hikes that will take effect Jan. 20 if the agency doesn't receive state government funding. The...
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Midwest governors to candidates: Protect the Great LakesNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - MILWAUKEE -- Governors of the eight Great Lakes states, including Illinois, called on the 2008 presidential candidates to make protecting the lakes a priority, saying th...
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In Oxford, George is just another visitorNov 07, 2007 10:00 pm - OXFORD, Wis. -- George who? While Illinoisans were treated this week to minute-by-minute updates on the status of George Ryan's freedom, the 536 people of the...
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Former Gov. George Ryan slips into Wisconsin prisonNov 07, 2007 10:00 pm - OXFORD, Wis. -- George Ryan arrived at prison here Wednesday in the same manner that led to him being convicted in the first place: getting special treatment. ...
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Coroner says death ruling was wrongNov 07, 2007 10:00 pm - The 2004 death of a Bolingbrook police sergeant's third wife should have been ruled "undetermined," the Will County coroner said Wednesday. No charges were filed after D...
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Clinton in city to unveil environmental initiativesNov 07, 2007 10:00 pm - Al Gore has a Nobel Peace Prize for his environmental work, but it was his running mate, former President Bill Clinton, who was here Wednesday unveiling green initiative...