Showing posts with label Elections. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Elections. Show all posts
Thursday, August 18, 2011

Republicans say their time is coming in Illinois

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State Treasurer Dan Rutherford takes the podium at the fair. By Jamey Dunn Illinois Republicans are optimistic about their party’s ...
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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Quinn signs workers' compensation reform,
but the issue isn't put to rest

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By Jamey Dunn Gov. Pat Quinn signed workers’ compensation reform legislation today that supporters say will save the business community hu...
Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Primary election changes considered

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By Rachel Wells After a primary election that resulted in low voter turnout and a lieutenant governor candidate stepping aside amid scandal,...
Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Republicans push for party spending limits

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By Rachel Wells House Republicans are pushing for continued campaign finance reform with new legislation that would limit the power of p...
Friday, February 20, 2009

Pressure builds for another Illinois politician to step down

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By Jamey Dunn Gov. Pat Quinn today called on U.S. Sen. Roland Burris to resign and once again threw his support behind a special election to...
Wednesday, February 06, 2008

Wrap-up Wednesday

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By Bethany Jaeger and Patrick O'Brien The surprise on Super Duper Tuesday in Illinois was at the state level, not the national level. Il...
Friday, February 01, 2008

Ready for Super Tuesday

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Super Bowl Sunday will lead into Super Tuesday, when more than 20 states including Illinois will hold primary elections. That invites this f...
Thursday, November 01, 2007

Recall the governor?

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It’s no secret state Rep. Jack Franks, a Woodstock Democrat, often disagrees with Gov. Rod Blagojevich, also a Democrat. But Franks said Thu...
Friday, October 26, 2007

Get ready, early birds

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The Illinois State Board of Elections expects to receive double the number of petition paper filings Monday than it would normally receive i...
Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Comptroller: "Follow the money"

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The public, the media and anyone with Internet access has a new tool to search for connections between people who donate money to political ...
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...
Tuesday, June 26, 2007

One-month budget by Friday

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BY BETHANY CARSON and DEANESE WILLIAMS-HARRIS Whatever needed to be worked out among the Republican and Democratic caucuses of each chamber ...
Wednesday, November 08, 2006

What this means

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A lot of analysis will be kicked around as we try to understand what the November 7 election results mean for the future of this state, but ...
Tuesday, November 07, 2006

New term, same quotes

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Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s speech, as seen live on the Web, sounded like many other speeches I’ve heard him give. He recited his favorite anecdo...

Blame it on the money

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Former Gov. Jim Edgar, who can speak as a Republican Party member as well as a political analyst, said Gov. Rod Blagojevich won by having th...

"That's the way it goes"

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Topinka, characteristic coffee cup in hand, addressed her supporters with a hoarse voice as she congratulated incumbent Gov. Rod Blagojevich...

Topinka's coming

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Just as I was going to post my last entry, I heard that Topinka's on her way down. I'll report back as soon as she speaks. What I wa...

Birkett's response

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People are starting to trickle into the ballroom, and Topinka’s campaign staffers have been buzzing back and forth between the basement and ...

Topinka's first response

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As expected, reporters crowded Judy Baar Topinka’s campaign spokesman, John McGovern, shortly after 7:30 p.m. And as expected, he said the c...

Winner already?

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Here I am, ready to cover exciting election results from Judy Baar Topinka’s camp at the Swissotel-Chicago, and what happens as soon as I pr...