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DuPage County regional school board election still undecided
A DuPage County election remains undecided more than a month after voters went to the polls, and observers say the courts might provide the only resolution. Mary Ellen Young and Danielle Dittus received notice Wednesday that they won seats on the DuPage...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Local Elections, Justice System, Elections, Wheaton
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Change in Madiganistan starts at home
Wind-swept Madiganistan, that arid economic wasteland once known as Illinois, is in absolute ruins. Young people flee the state in search of a future, and their future isn't here. Businesses leave, taking jobs with them. Taxes keep going up to feed...
Tags: Realty, Potatoes, Prosecution, Elections, Justice System
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Illinois Supreme Court picks justice's law clerk to be Cook County judge
When the Illinois Supreme Court acted to fill a vacancy on the Cook County bench this year, it looked no further than the chambers of one of its own — Justice Charles Freeman. There the high court found law clerk Jean Cocozza. Cocozza got her...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Prosecution, Justice System, Elections, Services and Shopping
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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: Substance Abuse, Voting, Government, Breast Cancer, Radio
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Former candidate files complaint over endorsements
A former candidate for the Downers Grove-based High School District 99 school board has issued a formal complaint against a two local lobbying groups who he says improperly endorsed him in the recent election without his consent. Henry Jakobsze filed...Tags: Court Preliminary, Trials, Elections, Downers Grove, Politics
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Obama back to fundraising in effort to retake House
WASHINGTON -- President Obama is fond of saying that he’s run his last campaign for public office. But the quest for cash continues even though he’ll never appear on a ballot again, as he heads to California on Wednesday for party fundraisers....
Tags: Parties and Movements, Personal Weapon Control, Quinnipiac University, Political Fundraising, Barack Obama
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All's fair in some suburbs as nitpicky officeholders keep candidates off ballot
Tired of the status quo, hundreds of residents across the region rose up this winter to challenge those running their towns — not suspecting the system was stacked against them. They knocked on doors. They persuaded neighbors to sign petitions....Tags: Voting, Government, Chicago City Hall, Media Industry, Justice System
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Politicians: Here's why people hate you
Change of SubjectDemocracy Denied--- A missing word or loose paper clip is sometimes enough to bump challengers, and they're often bounced by allies of the incumbents they were trying to unseat. A terrific investigation by Joseph Ryan and Joe Mahr that ran...... -
For Illinois Republicans, the gloom settles in
A day after suffering devastating election losses up and down the state, Illinois Republicans could point to one bright spot: Barack Obama's name won't ever be on the ballot again. In 2004 as a U.S. Senate candidate, in 2008 as a presidential contender...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Dan Duffy, Rahm Emanuel, U.S. Senate, Polls
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Majority report: When 52% of the vote isn’t enough to win an election
Change of SubjectThis is the strangest political story I’ve heard in a long time. Last month in downstate Macomb, a town of about 20,000 residents some 200 miles southwest of Chicago, 2nd Ward aldermanic candidate Steve Wailand (right) beat incumbent Kay Hill...... -
Majority report
This is the strangest political story I've heard in a long time. Last month in Macomb, a town of about 20,000 residents some 200 miles southwest of Chicago, 2nd Ward aldermanic candidate Steve Wailand beat incumbent Kay Hill by one vote — 17-16...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Dick Cheney, Mitt Romney, Family, Chicago Elections
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Romeoville mayoral hopefuls' debate plans unsettled
Romeoville Mayor John Noak and his opponent in next month's election, former Chicago Bear and pro wrestler Steve "Mongo" McMichael, have been sparring in the media for months. Now, Noak wants to face his challenger in a debate, something he says...Tags: Radio, Elections, Chicago Elections, Romeoville, ESPN (tv network)
May 10, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Oct 26, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Mar 7, 2013
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Apr 29, 2013
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Apr 12, 2013
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Apr 3, 2013
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Mar 24, 2013
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Mar 25, 2013
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Nov 8, 2012
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Mar 15, 2013
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Mar 17, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Mar 12, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
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