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Pat Quinn: Illinois' Lieutenant Governor, Future Governor?

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.09.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Illinois, Illinois Governor, Pat Quinn, Rod Blagojevich, George Ryan, State of Illinois, Blagojevich, Blagojevich Arrest, Blagojevich Indictment, Patrick Fitzgerald, Chicago News

Check back for updates. For more up-to-the-minute info on the Blagojevich scandal, check out Huffpost's Rod Blagojevich Big News Page UPDATE 12/10...

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Harry Reid: "State Of Illinois Is On Kind Of A Bad Run"

Washington Post | Posted 01.09.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Rod Blagojevich Obama Senate Seat, Rod Blagojevich, Harry Reid, Rod Blagojevich Corruption, George Ryan, Rod Blagojevich Indictment, Illinois, Chicago News

Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) spoke to the Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich (D) just "a few days ago" about the appointment to succeed...

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Nine Illinois Workers Face Suspension For Accessing Obama's Home Address

AP | DEANNA BELLANDI | Posted 01.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Illinois Secretary of State, Obama Records, Obama Home Address, Barack Obama, Illinois, Politics News

CHICAGO — Nine Illinois Secretary of State employees face suspension without pay because they looked up President-elect Barack Obama's street ad...

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Obama Will Resign Senate Seat On Sunday

AP | LIZ SIDOTI | Posted 12.14.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Illinois, Senate, Senate Races, Barack Obama, President Obama, Chicago News

CHICAGO — President-elect Barack Obama said Thursday that he will resign from the Senate effective Sunday. In a statement, the junior Illinois ...

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Obviously Obama

Michael DeJong | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hubris, Green Collar Jobs, Election Reaction, Human Rights, Senator Obama, Environment, Renewable Energy, Illinois, Enlightenment, Health Care, Peace, Barack Obama, Status Quo, 44th President, Politics News

With a smart president now at the helm, we'll be entering a new era that'll offer decency over hubris, peace over war, intelligence over beliefs, openness over secrecy, and creativity over the status quo.

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Obama Roasts Rahm Emanuel At 2005 Fundraiser (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Video, Barack Obama, Rahm Emanuel Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel, Illinois, Obama Roasts Rahm, Rahm Emanuel Roast, Rahm Roast, Site:www.huffingtonpost.com 2008 Obama Roasts Rahm, Rahm Emmanuel Roast, Politics News

Recently, CSPAN rebroadcast a roast from 2005 where Barack Obama takes on his future White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. Discussed are Rahm's pa...

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Jesse Jackson Jr: I'm Ready For Obama's Senate Seat

The Chicago Tribune | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Senate, Senate Seat, Pressidential Elect, Barack Obama, Senator, Jesse Jackson Jr., ILLInois Representative, Illinois, Politics News

CNBC's Donny Deutsch last night asked Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. of Illinois if he'd be interested in an appointment to the opening seat of Sen. Barack Ob...

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Obama's Springfield Connection: 'Whatever He Says You Can Take To the Bank'

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 12.05.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Election Reaction, Election Results, Obama Victory Speech, Barack Obama, Illinois, Democratic Party, Grant Park, Illinois State Legislature, Chicago, John McCain, President Obama, Obama Wins, Obama Election Day, Election Day 2008, Election Day, Joe Biden, 2008 Election, Sarah Palin, Election, Presidential Results, Obama Presidency, Ost Election Analysis, Obama President, Presidential Election, Chicago News

Now that Illinois is offering a second President to the United States, it seemed fitting to spend the night watching Senator Barack Obama with the Democratic County Chair in Springfield.

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Oprah's Vote Lost & How You Can Fight to Assure It Doesn't Happen to You!

Brad Friedman | Posted 12.02.2008 | Home

Read More: Oprah Winfrey, Sequoia Touchscreens, Voting Machines, Touchscreen, Harry Reid, Dnc, Oprah Obama, Democrats, Voting Problems, Barack Obama, Diebold, Illinois, Home News

Now that the touch-screen voting machine that Oprah voted on failed to properly register her vote on the screen, perhaps we may finally be able to get rid of these damned things.

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Political Tourists and Out-of-State Obama Activists in Indiana

Gail McGowan Mellor | Posted 11.27.2008 | Home

Read More: Indiana Early Voting, Indiana Ohio, Obama Volunteers, Indiana Ground Report, Midwest Obama, Indiana Obama, Swing State Midwest, Indiana, Door to Door, Two Party, Chicago, White, Mccain, Obama, Kirstin Sears, Schrimpff's, One Party, Winnie Godfrey, Senator, 2008, Latino, Get Out the Vote, Ohio, Black, Universal Health Care, Gotv, Wardell Goodman, Illinois, Mikhail Heaven. Kenneth Paton, Canvass, HR 676, Texas, Mito Kakijama, Biden, Election, New York, Japan, Spring Street, Mccain-Palin, U.S. Political Tourists, David Waters, Independents, Undecideds, Louisville, Early Voting, Will Wooten, Paula Neff, Galveston, Jill Herren, Brent, Jeffersonville, Jamaica, Home News

Red and blue state Obama supporters are putting their weight on the see-saw state of Indiana, crossing state lines to help. Political tourists from ot...

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McCain Repeats Debunked 'Born Alive' Attacks in Debate

Emily Douglas | Posted 11.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Women's Rights, Debate, Kathleen Sebelius, Mccain, Health, Roe vs. Wade, Partial Birth Abortion, Born Alive Infant Protection Act, Late Term Abortion, Obama, Illinois, Roe, Born Alive, Choice, Politics News

In the debate, McCain repeated long debunked lies about Obama's record on the Illinois Born Alive Protection Act, lies that have been repeated and promoted since Alan Keyes lost to Obama in the

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Quit Horsing Around on Slaughter and Transport

Michael Markarian | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: John Conyers, Congress, Judiciary Committee, Livestock, Dan Burton, Agriculture, Horse, Horses, Animals, House Judiciary Committee, Legislation, Transportation, Mark Kirk, Horse Slaughter, Illinois, Oregon, Politics News

Eleven lucky horses got a new lease on life yesterday. Authorities still don't know who discarded the malnourished horses. The owner might not come forward since he/she could face criminal charges.

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Illinois To Sue Countrywide Over "Unfair And Deceptive" Mortgages

AP | CARYN ROUSSEAU | Posted 07.03.2008 | Business

Read More: Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Mortgage Crisis, Illinois, Chicago, Countrywide Lawsuit, Countrywide Financial, Business News

CHICAGO — The nation's biggest mortgage lender engaged in "unfair and deceptive" practices to get homeowners to apply for risky mortgages far be...

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Two Illinois Levees Break, Force Evacuations

AP | ALLEN G. BREED | Posted 06.26.2008 | Home

Read More: Illinois, Midwest Flooding, Illinois Levees, Illinois Levees Break, Midwest Flooding Breaks Levees, Ilinois Flood Evacuations, Home News

OAKVILLE, Iowa — Even before the Iowa River used this town as a shortcut to the Mississippi, there wasn't much here: A post office, a convenienc...

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Flooding Closes Bridges Between Iowa, Illinois

AP | MARIA SUDEKUM FISHER | Posted 06.25.2008 | Home

Read More: Iowa, Illinois, Mississippi River, Midwest Flooding, Iowa Illinois Bridge, Sandbags Flooding, Home News

GULFPORT, Ill. — The rising Mississippi River broke through a levee Tuesday, forcing authorities to rescue about a half-dozen people by helicopt...

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Midwest Editors Shifting On Gay Marriage

Dan Treul | Posted 06.24.2008 | Home

Read More: Des Moines Register, Iowa, Midwest Politics, Newspapers, California, St. Louis, Ohio, Media, Journalism, California Supreme Court, Cleveland Plain Dealer, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Des Moines, Gay Rights, Chicago Tribune, Midwest, Cleveland, Chicago, Missouri, Supreme Court, Illinois, Michigan, Media Trends, Gay Marriage, Advocacy, Midwest Conservativism, Midwest Gay Rights, Gay Midwest, Home News

In another signal, perhaps, that the country is ready for change, newspapers across the Midwest showed either even-handedness or excitement for an issue that only years ago was considered taboo.

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Wisconsin Diary: My Grandparents Think McCain's Too Old

Dan Treul | Posted 06.17.2008 | Home

In a northern Midwestern town, at my cousin's graduation, I got a glimpse of something remarkable, something that may signal yet more troublesome news to the already troubled regiment of McCain campaign strategists.

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Obama, Lincoln and The Encouraging Double Ds

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 05.19.2008 | Home

Read More: Democratic Primary, Dave Davis, Barack Obama, Illinois, Dick Durbin, Bloomington, Abe Lincoln, Lincoln Eight Circuit, Obama Lincoln, Obama Illinois, Lincoln 8th Circuit, Eight Circuit, Home News

Advisers with the same initials a century-and-a-half apart persuaded their gifted but obscure Illinois senator friends to run for the highest office in the land. The Obama and Lincoln Parallels multiply!

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Illinois Gov Under Siege As Feds Target Him In Pay-To-Play Inquiry

Chicago Tribune | David Mendell and Ray Long | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Blagojevich Corruption Scandal, Illinois Governor Corruption, Rod Blagojevich, Chicago Corruption, Illinois Corruption, Rod Blagojevich Corruption Scandal, Illinois Corruption Scandal, Rod Blagojevich Corruption, Illinois, Blagojevich Corruption, Politics News

For years, Rod Blagojevich has projected two distinct images that define his tenure as Illinois' governor. In one, he is a populist champion with an ...

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Obama's Just "Present" Votes In Illinois Allowed Him To Sidestep Controversial Issues

New York Times | RAYMOND HERNANDEZ and CHRISTOPHER DREW | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Elections, 2008 Campaign, Barack Obama, Just Present Votes, 2008 Presidential Campaign, 2008 Presidential Race, Illinois, Obama and Illinois and Votes, Obama's Votes, 2008 Presidential Election, Politics News

In 1999, Barack Obama was faced with a difficult vote in the Illinois legislature -- to support a bill that would let some juveniles be tried as adult...

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Popular-Vote Movement Nears Crucial Moment

The Hill | Aaron Blake | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: National Popular Vote, Presidential Election, 2008 Election, Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, Illinois, New Jersey, Politics News

A three-year-old effort aimed at electing U.S. presidents through a popular vote is entering a critical phase in the coming weeks, with two big states...

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Countrywide Subpoenaed By Illinois Over Lending Practices

New York Times | GRETCHEN MORGENSON | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Countrywide Financial Lending, Subprime Mortgages, Illinois Attorney General, Countrywide Financial, Lisa Madigan, Illinois, Business News

The Illinois attorney general is investigating the home loan unit of Countrywide Financial as part of the state's expanding inquiry into dubious lendi...

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One Runner Dead, 250 Hospitalized, After Extreme Heat Halts Chicago Marathon

AP via CNN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Extreme Heat, Chicago Marathon, Chicago, Illinois, Home News

Organizers shut down the course four hours after the start of Sunday's Chicago Marathon because of 88-degree heat and sweltering humidity that left on...

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