Articles filed under State Legislature
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43rd District candidates play it safe in debateOct 06, 2010 11:00 pm - With mud in the forms of political mailers being flung and a boxing ring-style bell set up to tell candidates when their time was up, one might have thought hopefuls for...
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45th District candidates offer different financial fixesOct 06, 2010 11:00 pm - Franco Coladipietro and Joann Franzen agree the time is now to improve the state's financial situation. Where the candidates for the 45th House District differ is in th...
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Tryon, Kaempfe tackle sacred budget cowsOct 06, 2010 11:00 pm - Illinois' budget deficit projected to rise to $15 billion next year is eliciting creative solutions from every quarter, and the 64th state House District, where incumb...
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65th House hopefuls at odds over income, sales tax increasesOct 06, 2010 11:00 pm - An issue that clearly sets political newcomer Wendy Gruen apart from 65th District house State Rep. Rosemary Mulligan is whether either would support income or sales tax...
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Jobless pains, local gains on candidates' mindsOct 06, 2010 11:00 pm - House candidates from both sides of the aisle lined up Thursday night in Naperville to pat themselves and their parties on the back for brokering the deal that eventuall...
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Roth asks Crespo why he won't tout his partyOct 05, 2010 11:00 pm - Challenger Roth asks Democrat why he won't say he is
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57th District hopefuls debate tax hike, spending cutsOct 05, 2010 11:00 pm - An income tax increase is part of what is necessary to balance the state budget, 57th District state Rep. Elaine Nekritz says, but her Republican challenger in next mont...
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Cole, Voltair suggest different ways to fix budget messOct 04, 2010 11:00 pm - Republican legislative candidate Sandy Cole and Democrat Rich Voltair don't agree on many issues and how best to fix the state's financial problems isn't one of them. C...
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Civil unions split Catholic candidates for 46th District representativeOct 04, 2010 11:00 pm - The two candidates for state representative in Illinois' 46th House District attend the same Elmhurst parish, but hold different views on the legalization of civil union...
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State Senate candidate: End red-light camsOct 04, 2010 11:00 pm - The Democratic challenger for a state Senate seat says it's time to end the use of red-light cameras in Illinois. Corinne Pierog of St. Charles argues the cameras have t...