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UPDATED: Kaine says he hasn't decided if he will run for the U.S. Senate
ReporterFormer Governor Tim Kaine says he’s flattered by the attention, but Saturday night he told Virginia Democrats he hasn’t decided if he will run for the U.S. Senate. More than 14-hundred Democrats gathered at the Greater Richmond Convention...Tags: U.S. Senate, Democratic Party, Regional Authority, Maryland, Martinsville (Martinsville, Virginia)
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Mich. Democrats say party must charge, not retreat
DETROIT (AP) — After big losses in the November elections, Michigan Democratic leaders pledged to charge — not retreat — ahead of the 2012 elections as they rallied activists Saturday during the party's convention in Detroit.
The state...Tags: Parties and Movements, Democratic Party, 2010 Census, Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation
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Secrecy shrouds some pension investments in Illinois
Aside from the risks inherent in private equity and real estate investments, some pension experts have raised concerns about the lack of transparency surrounding these bets. Under a 2005 rewrite of Illinois' Freedom of Information Act, public pension...Tags: Rod Blagojevich, Bankruptcy, Small Businesses, Censorship, Retirement
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Bysiewicz: Court Ruling A 'Victory For Voters Of Connecticut'
The Hartford CourantA Superior Court judge ruled Wednesday that Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz is eligible to run for state attorney general. Judge Michael R. Sheldon's ruling sends Bysiewicz into the May 21-22 state Democratic nominating convention without the...Tags: Democratic Party, Parties and Movements, Elections, Politics, Constitutional Issues
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Daley's decades
![<i>"… And as we enter this new season, it's time to leave behind old setbacks, disappointments and battles. Because in the campaign for a better Chicago, we're all allies. Our common opponents are crime and ignorance, waste and fraud, poverty and disease, hatred and discrimination.</i>](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-05/61259796-03113805.jpg "<i>"… And as we enter this new season, it's time to leave behind old setbacks, disappointments and battles. Because in the campaign for a better Chicago, we're all allies. Our common opponents are crime and ignorance, waste and fraud, poverty and disease, hatred and discrimination.</i>")
"… And as we enter this new season, it's time to leave behind old setbacks, disappointments and battles. Because in the campaign for a better Chicago, we're all allies. Our common opponents are crime and ignorance, waste and fraud, poverty and...Tags: Crimes, Regional Authority, Social Issues, Poverty, Democratic Convention (1968)
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The words of Mayor Richard Daley
![• Announcing his campaign for mayor in 1988: "I may not be the best speaker in town. But I know how to run a government and how to bring people together."](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-04/61254043-29130757.jpg "• Announcing his campaign for mayor in 1988: "I may not be the best speaker in town. But I know how to run a government and how to bring people together.\"")
Tribune staff reporter• Announcing his campaign for mayor in 1988: "I may not be the best speaker in town. But I know how to run a government and how to bring people together." •Defending himself in 1992 after a critic called him emotionally immature: "I am...Tags: Crimes, Regional Authority, Chicago Blackhawks, Elections, Politics
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Richard Daley leaves office as one of Chicago's most ambitious mayors
Tribune staff reportersRichard Daley leaves office this month as one of the most ambitious mayors Chicago ever had, a political heir who embraced and transcended his birthright but whose hands-on drive to improve the city he loved did not always match his reach. Chicago's...Tags: Multi-Sport Events, Grant Park, Politics, McCormick Place, Richard J. Daley
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A voter's guide to the May 17 primary election
news@jessaminejournal.comThe information listed below is compiled from campaign materials from the Democratic candidates. Governor and Lieutenant Governor Gov. Steve Beshear will be the incumbent in the race. No new candidates are on the gubernatorial ballot for the primary....Tags: Al Gore, Small Businesses, Elections, Politics, The Salvation Army
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Daschle: Obama has good chance at winning second term
Aberdeen native Tom Daschle said it's a tad early to start writing President Barack Obama's political obituary. Obama has a very good chance at winning a second term in 2012, Daschle said during a recent interview with The Daily Republic. "I think it'...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Health Care Reform (2009), Democratic Party, White House, U.S. Presidential Election Results (2008)
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Literary journalism finds new platforms
![When National Book Award-winning novelist William T. Vollmann went to Japan this spring to report on the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant from inside the contamination zone, he did what any journalist would do. He bought a dosimeter to chart the radiation. He took "Cold War-era iodide tablets," which made his tongue tingle and left him with a rash. He decided to ignore statistics or official statements in favor of his observations, his conversations with survivors, his impressions: a kind of overview. "The stunning capacity of the Japanese official to say absolutely nothing," he writes, "is matched only by the absurd degree of trust that his public places in him."](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-05/61542018-12152912.jpg "When National Book Award-winning novelist William T. Vollmann went to Japan this spring to report on the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant from inside the contamination zone, he did what any journalist would do. He bought a dosimeter to chart the radiation. He took "Cold War-era iodide tablets,\" which made his tongue tingle and left him with a rash. He decided to ignore statistics or official statements in favor of his observations, his conversations with survivors, his impressions: a kind of overview. \"The stunning capacity of the Japanese official to say absolutely nothing,\" he writes, \"is matched only by the absurd degree of trust that his public places in him.\"")
Los Angeles Times Book CriticWhen National Book Award-winning novelist William T. Vollmann went to Japan this spring to report on the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant from inside the contamination zone, he did what any journalist would do. He bought a dosimeter to chart the...Tags: Democratic Convention (1968), Afghanistan, Columbia University, William T. Vollmann, The New York Times
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Aug. decision on Mich. GOP primary
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Republicans will decide in mid-August how they'll pick their presidential favorite, and may choose to join Florida in holding the earliest 2012 primaries. The Associated Press on Friday confirmed the contents of a...Tags: Republican National Conventions, New Hampshire, Elections, Politics, Primaries
Feb 19, 2011
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May 15, 2011
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