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While Illinoisans revel in the fact that one of their own now sits in the White House, Barack Obama’s presidency has sapped the star power of the state’s…
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The signing of the federal government’s 2005 transportation bill was practically a showcase of Illinois’ political clout on Capitol Hill. President George…
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Now that the Land of Lincoln — and Grant and Reagan — faces the possibility of another Illinois resident moving to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington,…
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Illinois lawmakers took on the federal government over its handling of immigration enforcement last spring, and nobody at the Capitol made much of a…
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Dan Fisher met Barack Obama only once. It was three years ago, when Obama stopped in Gillespie, a town about 50 miles south of Springfield, during his…
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Candidates in the running to win Illinois' presidential primaries:U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York U.S. Sen. Barack Obama of IllinoisU.S. Sen. John…
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When Americans sit down to eat dinner, likely one of the last things on their minds is where the meal came from. The answer could get complicated. A…
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Barack Obama says the "extremely good fortune" that launched him, seemingly without effort, into the top tier of American politics has helped him steer…
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Illinois' landscape is dotted with plants that produce chemicals for car manufacturers, plastics for medical devices and fertilizers for farmers. These…
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To the head of Aurora city government’s neighborhood redevelopment office, a long-running federal effort to make life better for people in lower-income…