Showing posts with label Congress. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Congress. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Thousands in Illinois could lose unemployment benefits

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By Jamey Dunn Thousands of Illinoisans could lose long-term federal unemployment benefits at the start of the new year. Congress is curr...
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Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Food stamp benefits set to drop this week

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By Jamey Dunn Starting this Friday, Illinois residents who receive federal food assistance benefits will take a hit to their grocery budge...
Thursday, October 17, 2013

State operations back to normal as federal shutdown ends

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By Jamey Dunn  Illinois budget officials say operations returned to normal today after the federal government reopened. According to Gov...
Tuesday, October 01, 2013

Insurance marketplace goes online despite federal shutdown

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By Jamey Dunn After the federal government shut down at midnight in a battle over Obamacare, the online health insurance marketplaces that...
Tuesday, November 06, 2012

Congressional races to watch

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By Jamey Dunn With several congressional seats in play, big money has been thrown into Illinois races and big-name politicians are making ...
Thursday, August 04, 2011

FAA deal would put some back to work in Illinois

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By Jamey Dunn An agreement on funding for the Federal Aviation Administration would bring some Illinoisans back to work, but if the U.S. S...
Friday, June 24, 2011

Quinn signs congressional map

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By Jamey Dunn Gov. Pat Quinn signed the Democratic drawn map of congressional districts today as Republicans decried the process as a bl...
Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Illinois will lose a congressional seat

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By Jamey Dunn Illinois will lose one U.S. House seat in the upcoming remap of legislative districts, but at one expert believes it won’t hav...
Wednesday, April 15, 2009

"TEA Party" held and historic sites to reopen

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by Hilary Russell and Jamey Dunn Photographs by Hilary Russell Anti-tax protesters gathered in front of the Illinois Capitol today, shouting...
Wednesday, March 05, 2008

Hastert, Con-Con and prison

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A powerful lobbyist By Patrick O’Brien The task of getting a capital bill passed in Illinois just got a powerful new ally Wednesday. Gov. Ro...
Tuesday, October 02, 2007

A few surprises

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The first day of the Illinois General Assembly’s annual fall session played out as expected Tuesday. The only surprise came with the news th...