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Wall Street's Favorite Democrat Misrepresents Financial Watchdog Elizabeth Warren

Mike Elk | Posted 10.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Cfpa, Elizabeth Warren, Wall Street, Melissa Bean, Lisa Madigan, Financial Regulation, Barney Frank, Business News
Mike Elk

Democratic Congresswoman Melissa Bean is earning the title of Wall Street's favorite Democrat. The leader in the New Democrat Coalition has pocketed almost $2.2 million from the banking and financial services interests.

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Ryan Grim

Dem Infighting Over Wall Street Regulation

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Regulating Wall Street, Wall Street Regulation, Financial Reform, Preemption, Melissa Bean, Consumer Protection Laws, Lisa Madigan, Politics News

Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan pushed back against her fellow Democrat, Rep. Melissa Bean (D-Ill.), on Wednesday, sending a letter (PDF) oppos...

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Steve Kim, Republican Attorney General Candidate, Taking On Lisa Madigan

Huffington Post | Posted 10.13.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Steve Kim, Joe Birkett, Lisa Madigan, Steve Kim Attorney General, Chicago News

Illinois Republicans have found a candidate to challenge Lisa Madigan for attorney general. Steve Kim, a Northbrook businessman, declared his candida...

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You're Not the King of Me: Midwest Gen Runs Afoul of the Clean Air Act

Henry Henderson | Posted 09.29.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Natural Resources Defense Council, Epa, Chicago, Midwest Generation, Department of Justice, Pollution, Air Pollution, Coal, Clean Air Act, Lisa Madigan, Chicago News
Henry Henderson

Filing a lawsuit against the folks responsible for filth-spewing, coal-burning relics in Chicago's Pilsen and Little Village neighborhoods.

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EPA Sues Power Company Over Six Illinois Coal-Burning Plants

Chicago Tribune | Michael Hawthorne | Posted 09.28.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Stopping Coal Power Plants, Dirty Coal, Midwest Generation, Coal, Lisa Madigan, Epa, Chicago News

From the outside, the power plant that towers above Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood looks like a sooty relic from the early part of the last century....

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Tom Dart For Senate? Anxious Democrats Reportedly Courting Sheriff To Challenge Kirk

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 09.21.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Illinois Democratic Senate Candidates, Alexi Giannoulias, Cheryle Jackson, Mark Kirk, Tom Dart Senate, Illinois Senate 2010, Senate Races, Illinois Senate Race, Lisa Madigan, Tom Dart, Chicago News

It's been a rough week for the Democrats hoping to take over President Obama's former Senate seat from retiring incumbent Roland Burris. First, a Ras...

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Quinn Signs Strengthened Open Records Law

State Journal-Register | Posted 09.17.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Foia, Illinois Foia Laws, Pat Quinn Open Records, Pat Quinn, Illinois Open Records Law, Government Transparency, Illinois Public Records, Lisa Madigan, Chicago News

Gov. Pat Quinn today signed into law a rewrite of the state's open-records law that will allow courts to fine public bodies that violate it "willfully...

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Joe Birkett Drops Bid For Attorney General, Calls Race Against Madigan 'Virtually Unwinnable'

Huffington Post | Posted 09.06.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Joe Birkett Attorney General, Illinois Attorney General, Lisa Madigan, Joe Birkett, Chicago News

DuPage County State's Attorney Joe Birkett is dropping his campaign for Illinois Attorney General, saying that a race against incumbent Lisa Madigan w...

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Wells Fargo Sued By Illinois For Discriminatory Lending

AP | Posted 08.31.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Wells Fargo, Wells Fargo Subprime Mortgages, Wells Fargo Discrimination, Lisa Madigan, Wells Fargo Illinois Lawsuit, Chicago News

CHICAGO (AP) -- The state of Illinois is suing one of the nation's largest mortgage lenders for allegedly discriminating against black and Latino home...

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Women in Politics Need Womenomics -- And Much, Much More

Sarah Granger | Posted 08.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Womenomics, Womencount, Lisa Madigan, Katty Kay, Claire Shipman, Feminism, Living News
Sarah Granger

I recently read the book Womenomics, which focuses on how women can take charge in the workplace and negotiate for intangibles that we need to balance our busy lives.

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State Sues Burr Oak As Sheriff Asks Third Party To Run Desecrated Cemetery (SLIDESHOW)

Huffington Post | Posted 08.14.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Burr Oak Cemetery, Dan Hynes, Tom Dart, Perpetua Holdings, Burr Oak Cemetery Owner, Melvin Bryant, Lisa Madigan, Slideshow, Emmett Till Burr Oak, Burr Oak Pictures, Emmett Till, Chicago News

(SCROLL DOWN FOR SLIDESHOW) Saying that his office is overwhelmed having assumed virtual responsibility for managing Burr Oak Cemetery, Cook County S...

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Birkett Reconsidering Running Against Madigan For Attorney General

Huffington Post | Posted 08.09.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Birkett Flip Flop, Joe Birkett Attorney General, Birkett Madigan, Lisa Madigan, Joe Birkett, Chicago News

Republican Attorney General Candidate Joe Birkett appears to be reconsidering his plans following Lisa Madigan's unexpected decision to bypass running...

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Kirk Dillard Announces Campaign For Governor, 'Glad' Madigan Out Of The Race

AP | DEANNA BELLANDI | Posted 08.09.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Matt Murphy, Dan Proft, Adam Andrzejewski, Bob Schillerstrom, Illinois Governor 2010, Kirk Dillard, Kirk Dillard Governor, Illinois Governor Race, Bill Brady, Lisa Madigan, Chicago News

HINSDALE, Ill. (AP) -- Republican Kirk Dillard launched his campaign for Illinois governor on Wednesday just as a leading potential Democratic contend...

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Lisa Madigan Not Running For Senate Or Governor, Will Seek Reelection As Attorney General

AP | CHRISTOPHER WILLS and DEANNA BELLANDI | Posted 08.08.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Senate Races, Lisa Madigan Senate, Lisa Madigan, Lisa Madigan Governor, Illinois Senate 2010, Illinois Governor 2010, Illinois Governor Race, Illinois Senate Race, Pat Quinn, Mary Morrissey, Roland Burris, Chris Kennedy, Kirk Dillard, Alexi Giannoulias, Joe Birkett, Mark Kirk, Dan Hynes, Chicago News

CHICAGO (AP) -- Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced Wednesday that she's running for re-election instead of seeking higher office, a surp...

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Joe Birkett Announces Bid For Attorney General (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 08.02.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Illinois Politics, Joe Birkett, Illinois Attorney General Race, Illinois Attorney General 2010, Joe Birkett Attorney General, Lisa Madigan, Video, Judy Baar Topinka, Chicago News

DuPage County State's Attorney Joe Birkett is making another bid for Illinois Attorney General. Birkett, a Republican, announced Thursday that he wil...

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Cheryle Jackson Taking Step Toward Senate Run

Crain's Chicago Business | Greg Hinz | Posted 07.30.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chris Kennedy, Illinois Senate 2010, Cheryle Jackson, Alexi Giannoulias, Senate Races, Roland Burris, Illinois Senate Race, Cheryle Jackson Senate, Lisa Madigan, Chicago News

Chicago Urban League chief Cheryle Jackson is forming a U.S. Senate exploratory committee -- the last formal step before actually announcing her candi...

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Emanuel On Madigan Senate Run: 'She's The Most Popular Political Figure In Illinois'

STLtoday | Bill Lambrecht | Posted 07.26.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Illinois Senate 2010, Rahm Emanuel, Senate Races, Illinois Senate Race, Lisa Madigan Senate, Obama Lisa Madigan, Lisa Madigan, Barack Obama, Chicago News

White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel danced (he was a ballet dancer, you know) around a reporter's question at breakfast this morning of whether Ba...

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White House: 'The President Is Not Going To Pick A Candidate In The Illinois Senate Race'

Huffington Post | Posted 07.19.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Madigan Obama Senate Meeting, Illinois Senate 2010, Robert Gibbs, Alexi Giannoulias, Senate Races, Illinois Senate Race, Lisa Madigan Senate, Lisa Madigan, Barack Obama, Chicago News

News of a White House meeting between Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan and President Obama fueled speculation that the administration is trying ...

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Lisa Madigan Meets With Obama About Senate Seat

AP | Posted 07.18.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Illinois Senate 2010, Senate Races, Illinois Senate Race, Lisa Madigan Senate, Lisa Madigan, Madigan Obama Senate, Barack Obama, Chicago News

CHICAGO (AP) -- A spokeswoman for Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan says the Democrat met with President Barack Obama and several of his senior a...

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Lisa Madigan, Other State Officials Staying Mum On Tax Hike

AP | CHRISTOPHER WILLS | Posted 07.10.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Illinois Budget, Illinois Budget Deficit, Pat Quinn, Dan Hynes, Alexi Giannoulias, Illinois Tax Increase, Lisa Madigan, Jesse White, Chicago News

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- As the governor and legislators struggle to balance the state budget, Illinois' other statewide elected officials are largel...

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Illinois Sues Crestwood Over Tainted Water Supply

AP | MICHAEL TARM | Posted 07.10.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Crestwood Tainted Water, Crestwood Well, Crestwood Water, Lisa Madigan, Health, Robert Stranczek, Chicago News

CHICAGO (AP) -- The state of Illinois filed a lawsuit Tuesday against a Chicago suburb for allegedly drawing drinking water from a contaminated well f...

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GOP Hunting Lisa And Michael Madigan's Paper Trail

Crain's Chicago Business | Greg Hinz | Posted 07.05.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Lisa Madigan Senate, Madigan Opposition Research, Michael Madigan, Lisa Madigan, Chicago News

[T]he national Republican Party is up to something at City Hall, where it has formally asked dozens of city departments to turn over copies of any com...

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Blago Spoke To Durbin About Appointing Lisa Madigan To Senate: AP

AP | MIKE ROBINSON | Posted 07.02.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Rod Blagojevich, Lisa Madigan Blagojevich, Blagojevich Senate Appointment, Lisa Madigan, Dick Durbin, Chicago News

CHICAGO — Just two weeks before his arrest on corruption charges, then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich floated a plan to nominate to the U.S. Senate the da...

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Attorney General Lisa Madigan Opens Investigation Into Chicago Parking Meter Deal

Chicago Reader | Mick Dumke | Posted 06.29.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Parking Meters, Attorney General Lisa Madigan, Illinois Attorney General, Chicago Parking Meter Privatization, Lisa Madigan, Chicago News

Illinois attorney general Lisa Madigan has opened an investigation into the "transaction and implementation" of Chicago's parking meter privatization ...

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Illinois Senate Race: Mark Kirk May Not Run If Lisa Madigan Does

Progress Illinois | Posted 06.21.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Senate Races, Illinois Senate Race, Mark Kirk Senate, Mark Kirk, Illinois Senate 2010, Lisa Madigan, Chicago News

During the discussion of the 2010 U.S. Senate field on yesterday's edition of Chicago Tonight, anchor Elizabeth Brackett mentioned that she had talked...

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