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Guest Essay: The Challenge of Tackling a 21st Centry Technological Issue with a 19th Century ProcessOn September 2, 2006, bicyclist Matt Wilhelm, 25, was riding along state Route 130 near Urbana when a car struck him from behind. Wilhelm died six days…
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It’s a rainy December evening, and Rich Miller is still keyed up over the day’s top story when he arrives at the small, dark bar at Maldaner’s Restaurant…
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Christine Radogno didn’t begin her political career out of ideological fervor. She began it because the Village of LaGrange was considering putting a fire…
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On January 8, 2007, Gov. Rod Blagojevich stood in a packed Springfield convention center before a frenzied crowd of supporters celebrating his second…
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Throughout the year, Illinois Issues will publish occasional mini-profiles of some of the state's rising public officials. Late one night in May, state…
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The November election for the Illinois Supreme Court’s Fifth District will be about more than filling the high court’s sole vacancy.To the lawyers,…
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In 1967, John Schmidt graduated from law school into a nation rocked by the civil rights movement and increasingly divided by a war, two issues which…
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MVP’s Sports Bar & Grill is one of those places crouched in the shadow of every factory in America: shiny veneer walls on linoleum floors; neon beer signs…