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3 hrs ago | KMOV-TV Saint Louis

Ethics committee: No punishment for Burris

The Senate ethics committee on Friday admonished Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., for making "inconsistent, misleading or incomplete" statements about the circumstances surrounding his appointment to the seat once held by Barack Obama.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Senator Roland Burris, Democrat, Barack Obama, Illinois Government

7 hrs ago | Belleville News

Illinois motorists told to prepare as winter nears

Illinois motorists have been urged to start getting ready for winter driving. The Illinois Department of Transportation, Illinois Tollway and Illinois State Police said Thursday that they are making final preparations for snowy and icy roadway conditions.

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Related Topix: Illinois Government

12 hrs ago | Politico

Terror trials may impact midterms

Pete Hoekstra, Rob Simmons and Mark Kirk are among the GOP candidates seeking an edge in the W.H. decision to try terror suspects on U.S. soil.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Rob Simmons, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Prison, Barack Obama, US Senate, Democrat, Illinois Government

Thu Nov 19, 2009

KWQC-TV Davenport

Political Asylum: Crime and punishment in Illinois

The two big name Democratic candidates for governor have a busy week ahead. Gov. Pat Quinn and challenger Dan Hynes will meet up at two candidate forums Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Illinois Government, Rod Blagojevich, US Governors

Abc13.com

Gripes about swine flu vaccine abound

When the nation's swine flu vaccination program began in early October, health officials predicted it was going to be "messy." They were right.

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Related Topix: Susan Collins, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Daily Herald

House GOP boss to fight 'Illinois Gitmo'

House Republican Leader Tom Cross says he will attempt to put to a vote Gov. Pat Quinn's plan to sell a western Illinois prison to the federal government to house suspected terrorists from Guantanamo Bay.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Barack Obama, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Illinois Government, US Military Prisons, Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, 2008 Presidential Election

CLTV - Chicago Land's TV

Fight for one facility becomes a battle over Illinois' quality of care for disabled adults

The long-running fight to close the troubled Howe Developmental Center in Tinley Park has become the battleground for a larger debate about the quality of care for disabled adults in Illinois.

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Related Topix: Tinley Park, IL, Chicago Metro, US News

Physics Blog

Only tax increase can cure Illinois budget woes, study says

Tax increases are the only solution to a widening budget crisis that a new study says has landed Illinois among the nation's most financially troubled states, a soon-to-be-released report by a team of University of Illinois economists warns.

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Related Topix: Illinois Government, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

USA Today

Sen. Byrd becomes longest-serving member of Congress

Sen. Robert Byrd , D-W.Va., made a rare appearance on the floor of the U.S. Senate on Wednesday to mark his 20,774th day as a member of Congress - making him the longest-serving member in history.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Robert Byrd, US Senate, Democrat, Virginia, West Virginia, Virginia Government, West Virginia Government, Harry Reid, Illinois Government

Wed Nov 18, 2009

WWUP-TV Cadillac

GOP blasts trial decision...Illinois could house terror suspects...Obama's in China

Republicans are blasting the decision to put five men accused of plotting the Sept.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Barack Obama, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Illinois Government, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, Thomson Correctional Center, State Prisons

The Capitol Fax Blog

Quinn and Hynes face off in first debate

Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 * This interpretation of Gov. Pat Quinn's comment during a debate with Dan Hynes this morning is a bit of a stretch, but it may come back to haunt Quinn But it was Quinn's use of the term "missions accomplished" that was unusual for a Democrat.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison

WQAD

Quinn says Thomson prison deal 'probably' will happen but admits no insider information

Gov. Pat Quinn says a deal to sell a prison in northwestern Illinois to the federal government to house Guantanamo Bay detainees "probably" will happen.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Barack Obama, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Illinois Government, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, Thomson Correctional Center, State Prisons

Fox News

Rep. Defends Detainees' 'Savage Religion' Statement

A Republican congressman from Illinois said Tuesday that his comment that suspected terrorists imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay follow a "savage religion" has been misinterpreted.

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Related Topix: Donald Manzullo, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison

KXRM-TV Colorado Springs

Illinois GOP seeks to block Gitmo transfers

Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 4:15 p.m. Read more: National , Politics , Politico , Politics , Guantanamo Detainees , Gitmo , Northwester Illinois , Illinois , Illinois Republican , Republican An Illinois Republican has introduced legislation to block federal funds from transporting Guantanamo detainees to the Thomson Correction Center in ...

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Related Topix: US Politics, Judy Biggert, US News, Representative Aaron Schock, Republican, US House of Representatives, John Shimkus, Representative Peter Roskam, Illinois Government

Tue Nov 17, 2009

NBC Chicago

U. of I., Grad Instructors Agree on Contract

The University of Illinois and its graduate instructors reached a tentative agreement Tuesday that may end a day-old strike at the Urbana- Champaign campus.

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KWQC-TV Davenport

Ill. GOP lawmakers: Guantanamo detainees too risky

Several Illinois lawmakers say the Chicago area would become a terrorist target if Guantanamo Bay detainees are moved to a prison in western Illinois.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Judy Biggert, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Representative Peter Roskam, Illinois Government, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, Thomson Correctional Center, State Prisons

Belleville News

Ill. amends rules on giving new birth certificates

Illinois has made it easier for people who have had sex reassignment surgery to change their birth certificates to reflect their new gender.

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Related Topix: Illinois Government, ACLU, Transgendered

KHWB-TV Houston

Obama tours Forbidden City, says former imperial palace is magnificent

Playing tourist on his first visit ever to China, President Barack Obama drew a chilly comparison between the Chinese capital and his Illinois hometown.

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Related Topix: World News, China, Asia, US Politics, Barack Obama, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Illinois Government, Michelle Obama

FOX59.com WXIN-TV Indianapolis

Will County treasurer to head northern Illinois group

There's a new president of a key northern Illinois treasurers' group. Members have elected Will County Treasurer Pat McGuire as the president of Illinois County Treasurers Association Zone Four.

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Related Topix: Illinois Government

BrothersJudd Blog

as Long as he Didn't Humiliate 7 of 9...:

Dems at risk of losing Obama's old Senate seat Democratic Party leaders in Washington -- and the Obama White House -- failed to recruit a candidate strong enough to scare Rep.

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Related Topix: US News, US Senate, Senator Roland Burris, US Politics, Democrat, Illinois Government

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