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Ricketts puts people above family business in Wrigley Field deal
Unless Carlos Marmol gets involved, the Cubs still hope to close a deal with the city to renovate Wrigley Field by Monday's home opener. Assuming the agreement can overcome a late-inning scare, planned improvements at the venerable 99-year-old...
Tags: Chicago Mayor, Richard M. Daley, Local Government, Thomas Ricketts, Wrigley Field
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Quinn rallies with pro-gun control supporters
Clout StreetSPRINGFIELD — Gov. Pat Quinn rallied today with pro-gun control forces on the Capitol’s front lawn, saying Illinois needs tougher gun laws because he’s “tired of going to funerals.” Standing before the showcase statue of...Tags: Health, First Aid, Mental Health, Politics, Justice System
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Illinois House wants voters to abolish lieutenant governor job
Clout StreetSPRINGFIELD — The Illinois House today approved a measure that would ask voters whether to eliminate the job of lieutenant governor, but the proposal has a long way to go before the much-maligned office would disappear. The measure must pass the...Tags: Barrington, George Ryan, Barrington Hills, Executive Branch, Rod Blagojevich
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Bolingbrook, Plainfield seek state, federal aid for flood damage
Officials in Plainfield and Bolingbrook are applying for state and federal assistance to help pay for damage incurred during last month's storms and floods. The towns became eligible for assistance after Gov. Pat Quinn declared Will County and 37...
Tags: Plainfield (Will, Illinois), Rivers, Illinois Governor, Bodies of Water, Floods
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Gambling expansion showdown at Capitol
Clout StreetSPRINGFIELD — A Wednesday hearing aimed at coming up with a new casino expansion bill erupted into a shoutfest between a key senator and the chairman of the state’s gambling oversight board. After years of lobbing attacks at each other...Tags: Politics, John J Cullerton, Justice System, Lifestyle and Leisure, Values
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Improving Illinois' infrastructure
The Illinois Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) gave Illinois a D+ for our state’s infrastructure. The ASCE report states that 73 percent of in-state roads are poor or mediocre in quality, costing motorists $292 a year. This...Tags: Rosemont (Cook, Illinois)
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Roger Ebert's funeral: 'He had a heart big enough to love all'
Roger Ebert was celebrated Monday as a film critic, newspaperman, social-justice soldier, husband, father, grandfather and champion of artists and imagination, but the great cross-section of mourners at his Holy Name Cathedral funeral spoke to a quality...
Tags: Reviews, Richard Roeper, Executive Branch, Social Sciences, Culture
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A job nobody would miss: Illinois lieutenant governor
In 1986, Woods Bowman, then a state representative from Evanston, heaped faint praise on the public servants who'd shouldered the job of Illinois lieutenant governor. "They've done what we ask them to do, which is next to nothing," he said. Next to...
Tags: Radio, Breast Cancer, Barrington Hills, Jim Edgar, Politics
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Midwest states continue to fight record flooding
After months of drought, many areas of the Midwest on Saturday continued to fight off flooding from rising rivers that are not expected to crest for several more days. National Weather Service forecasters expect flooding to continue throughout the...
Tags: National Weather Service, U.S. Geological Survey, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Stephen Breyer, Rivers
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'Education first'? Not in The Deadbeat State.
Indiana lawmakers are proposing huge increases in state education funding this year. Ditto those in Wisconsin. Here in Illinois, The Deadbeat State? Just the opposite. Education funding is being strangled by the same python that is strangling the rest...
Tags: Personal Income, Politics, Justice System, Teaching and Learning, Springfield
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Art Van Furniture plans stores in Illinois and Indiana, distribution center in Chicago area
CHICAGO (AP) — A Michigan-based furniture retailer is planning to expand into the Chicago area, bringing about 600 jobs. Gov. Pat Quinn announced Friday that Art Van Furniture will open five new stores in Illinois and a sixth in northern Indiana....Tags: Credit and Debt, Orland Park, Bolingbrook, Illinois Governor, Batavia
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Art Van Furniture to open stores in Chicago region
Art Van Furniture, a 53-year-old Michigan-based furniture chain, plans to break into the Chicago market this year bringing five new stores, a distribution center and 600 new jobs. The retailer, which has a total of 76 furniture and mattress stores,...
Tags: Vehicles, Ford City, Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, Furniture, Illinois Governor
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Apr 29, 2013
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Apr 9, 2013
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Apr 29, 2013
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Apr 27, 2013
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Apr 27, 2013
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Apr 26, 2013
|Story| AP Indiana
Apr 26, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
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