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Illinois has become a joke after Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s December 9 arrest.The national media flew in like hawks hunting prey for the 24-hour news cycle.…
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One of President John F. Kennedy’s last speeches before his assassination described poet Robert Frost as possessing fidelity that strengthened the “fibre…
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Voters will have cast their choice for U.S. president by November 4, but one more president must be elected in Illinois. The general public won’t have a…
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Two government employees ate lunch at Joe’s Place in rural Fulton County nearly two years ago. Their conversation spurred what is now the first-of-its…
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In Illinois, the very first question on the ballot November 4 — even before the question of who shall be president — will ask voters whether Illinois…
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The state has the primary responsibility for financing the system of public education.— The Illinois Constitution, 1970Illinois’ public education system…
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An autism diagnosis sends parents on an anxious search for ways to save their children from closed, mysterious worlds. They jump at the chance to learn…
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A 16-year-old Rochester student tailed Gov. Rod Blagojevich with a video recorder as they walked into the State Fair last month. Surrounded by a group of…
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State ?Sen. Mattie Hunter says she used to leave her home in Chicago feeling perfectly fine. But as soon as she walked off the elevator on the way to her…
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During ?the closing hours of their spring session, legislators debated whether the state should change its rules so a Nebraska-based energy company could…