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Madigan opponent calls him 'weed' in garden
An outspoken, 25-year-old woman from trying to oust House Speaker Michael Madigan. Michele Piszczor says that Madigan "is the root of all evil here in our state." more
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Madigan opponent calls him 'weed' in garden
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February, 03, 2012
Michele Piszczor is standing in the driveway of her Southwest Side home, pointing to a dent on the driver’s side door. "My driver door is basically dented in," says Piszczor, pronounced PIZE-er. "There’s like a narrow mark here symbolizing maybe a narrow tube or a crow bar of essence that... more
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Durbin praises bill banning Congressional insider trading
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February, 03, 2012
Illinois U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin is praising the Senate for passing a bill that would ban insider trading among lawmakers and other government officials.Durbin said Friday the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act, or STOCK Act, was taken up in November after an episode of CBS's 60 Minutes... more
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Schools fear Quinn idea to shift pension costs
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February, 03, 2012
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Cash-strapped Illinois could save more than $1.3 billion a year if it passed off its portion of public teacher retirement benefits to schools and colleges, but administrators say it could mean ruin for some school districts.Gov. Pat Quinn has expressed support for shifting the... more
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Libya post-Qaddafi
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February, 03, 2012
It’s been five months since Libya’s long-time dictator Muammar Qaddafi was killed. His death marked an end to nearly 42 years of dictatorship. It also opened a political vacuum that Libya’s interim government has tried to fill, at least temporarily. But since coming to power, the Transitional... more
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Mrs. Kellogg Fairbank: Chicago's renaissance woman
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February, 03, 2012
Kellogg Fairbank was an honest, upright, somewhat dull lawyer who spent much of his time managing the estate of his late father, Chicago's lard and soap king. We're not interested in him. His wife is the one worth mentioning.In 1900, at the age of 21, Janet Ayer became Mrs. Kellogg Fairbank. That... more
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President Obama stands by Jackson despite ethics investigation
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February, 02, 2012
Updated at 9:14 p.m. President Obama's top political advisor is not commenting on the ethics investigation into U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. The president is supporting Jackson in the upcoming Second Congressional District Democratic primary against a former congresswoman, Debbie Halvorson."... more