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Late season storm could leave foot of snow in central Illinois
Tribune reporterJust when we thought we were done with snow, forecasters say we can expect to see more of it Sunday and early Monday with central Illinois seeing as much as a foot. We can thank a storm system that is moving along the southern high Plains states and...Tags: National Weather Service, Snow Storms
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Des Plaines shortens lobbyist contracts but still approves them
Des Plaines officials agreed to extend contracts for two of the three lobbying firms hired to represent the city's interests in Springfield. But officials chose to shorten the contract extensions—reducing the length from one year to six months&...Tags: Casino and Gambling Industry, Des Plaines, Lobbying, Consultancy Service, Politics
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Gay marriage in Illinois? Not this year, evidently...
Change of SubjectRay Long reports from Springfield: Speaker Madigan says gay marriage bill 12 votes shy in the Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan today said a gay marriage bill is "12 votes short of passage" in the Illinois House, a signal that...... -
9 hopefuls on ballot in District 15 race
With nine candidates vying to fill four open seats on the Community Consolidated School District 15 Board of Education, voters have a wide choice in the April 9 election. But one thing the candidates seem to agree on is that money will continue to be...
Tags: Finance, Students, Hoffman Estates, Referenda, Political Fundraising
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Emily Wood
Emily is an Emmy award-winning journalist who grew up in the Ozarks in the small town of Dixon, Mo. She has worked at TV stations all over the country and is thrilled to be back home in Missouri.
Emily caught the news bug at a young age. When she...Tags: Autism, PBS (tv network), Journalism, Television Industry
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Quinn blames lawmakers for inaction on pension reform
Clout StreetSPRINGFIELD — Gov. Pat Quinn chastised lawmakers for failing to pass cost-cutting changes to the government worker retirement system, then dangled the possibility that he'd drop his long-running opposition to a major gambling expansion to get a...Tags: Justice System, Elaine Nekritz, Pension and Welfare, Montgomery (Kane, Illinois), Education
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Wealthy Rauner launches exploration of Republican governor bid
Clout StreetWealthy Chicago businessman Bruce Rauner moved a step closer Tuesday toward a potential bid for the Republican governor nomination, filing papers to form an exploratory committee and launching a 60-day listening tour of the state. The venture capitalist...Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Gays and Lesbians, Citadel LLC, Kirk W Dillard, Dan Rutherford
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Dorothy L. Koch
The funeral service for Dorothy L. Koch, 89, of Aberdeen, formerly of Ellendale, N.D., will be 11 a.m., Monday, April 8, 2013, at Spitzer-Miller Funeral Home, 1111 S. Main St., with Pastor Nathan Henschen officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset...
Tags: American Legion, Nursing, Tampa, Long Term Care, Medical Specialization
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Kass: Republican Bruce Rauner takes no position on gay marriage
Bruce Rauner, the multimillionaire Republican businessman who wants to become governor of Illinois, sat down with me for an interview Thursday and dodged questions about same-sex marriage. It took about four tries to pin him down on where he stands,...
Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Kirk W Dillard, Barack Obama, Democratic Party, Politics
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Local Voices, Apr. 04
Nutrition education The story "Nutrition off many doctors' plates; Too few physicians doing enough to watch what you eat" (Page 1, March 26) contained a contradiction that baffled me. The content of the story describes doctors of being ignorant of...
Tags: Finance, Interior Policy, Pension and Welfare, Health and Medical Professionals, Nutrition
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Women's suffrage supporters in Highland Park
On April 9, many Illinoisans will go to the polls for local and consolidated elections. Enshrined in the Voting Rights Act of 1965, universal suffrage evolved piecemeal. The 15th Amendment in 1870 and the 19th Amendment in 1920 enfranchised African-...
Tags: Feminism, Minority Groups, Voting Rights Act of 1965, Highland Park (Cook, Illinois), Elections
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Mr. Basketball of Illinois winners
2013: Jabari Parker, Simeon 2012: Jabari Parker, Simeon 2011: Ryan Boatright, East Aurora; Chasson Randle, Rock Island 2010: Jereme Richmond, Waukegan 2009: Brandon Paul, Warren 2008: Kevin Dillard, Homewood-Flossmoor 2007: Derrick Rose,...
Tags: Darius Miles, Aurora, Richmond (McHenry, Illinois), Nick Anderson, Dee Brown
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