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Madigan: Retirement Age Won't be Raised to 67
Last Updated: 8:12 PM 05/24/12 - Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan says it would be unconstitutional to force current state employees to work to age 67 before collecting full retirement benefits.
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IL Lawmakers Slash Health Care for the Poor
Last Updated: 7:54 PM 05/24/12 - Illinois lawmakers are taking a major step on the state's budget problems by slashing health care services for the poor.
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Romney Inches Closer to GOP Nomination with Sweep
Last Updated: 11:04 PM 05/22/12 - Mitt Romney has swept the Kentucky and Arkansas Republican presidential primaries.
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Possible VP Pick Ryan Pounds Obama on Spending
Last Updated: 10:59 PM 05/22/12 - Potential Republican vice presidential pick Paul Ryan is blaming President Barack Obama for the nation's lackluster job growth.
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Ill. House OK's 'Modernizing' Eavesdropping Law
Last Updated: 10:54 PM 05/22/12 - The Illinois House has approved a proposal to allow people to audio record police officers and others in public.
IL Lawmakers: Protect Job Applicants' Passwords
Last Updated: 10:50 PM 05/22/12 - The Illinois Legislature passed a law that bans employers from asking its staff or applicants to give them their Facebook passwords.
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Showdown in Wisconsin: Recall Election Ballots Available
Last Updated: 11:11 PM 05/21/12 - Starting today voters can cast their ballots in Wisconsin's historic recall election.
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Court Refuses to Hear Ill. Redistricting Challenge
Last Updated: 4:05 PM 05/21/12 - The Supreme Court will not hear a challenge to redistricting in Illinois despite complaints from the League of Women Voters of Illinois that the new congressional and legislative lines are unconstitutional.
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Democrats in Illinois Senate Offer Budget Proposal
Last Updated: 11:03 PM 05/18/12 - Senate Democrats say their plan cuts $317 million from the main category of state spending.
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Report: Wisconsin Lost 6,200 Jobs in April
Last Updated: 10:51 PM 05/17/12 - New data that shows Wisconsin lost 6,200 private-sector jobs in April.
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Court Backs Quinn in Denying Pay Raises
Last Updated: 10:48 PM 05/17/12 - A federal appeals court is backing Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn over pay raises his administration canceled for thousands of union workers.
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Illinois Committee OKs Higher Minimum Wage
Last Updated: 11:31 PM 05/16/12 - Illinois lawmakers are considering a plan to increase the minimum wage and let it rise automatically in the future.
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Newson Says Recall Had No Effect on Data Release
Last Updated: 1:06 PM 05/16/12 - Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development Secretary Reggie Newson says the decision to release new jobs numbers early was his alone and not made in consultation with Republican Gov. Scott Walker.
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Illinois Transportation Funding Questioned
Last Updated: 11:04 PM 05/15/12 - Controversy could be brewing in Springfield over how the Illinois Department of Transportation receives funding.
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Edwards Campaign Finance Chairman Paid Mistress
Last Updated: 1:34 PM 05/15/12 - Records introduced at John Edwards' corruption trial show his campaign finance chairman paid the candidate's mistress a $9,000 monthly cash allowance.
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Wis. Officials say Locals Can Ban Weapons at Polls
Last Updated: 11:18 PM 05/14/12 - State election officials say local governments can ban concealed weapons at all polling sites, from city halls to assisted living homes.
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Walker says More Positive Jobs Numbers on the Way
Last Updated: 11:17 PM 05/14/12 - Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett is skeptical about new job-creation numbers for 2011 that Gov. Scott Walker says are being released later this week.
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Quinn Strengthens his backing of Gay Marriage
Last Updated: 10:40 PM 05/14/12 - Gov. Pat Quinn is stepping up his support for allowing gay marriage in Illinois.
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The Illinois State Budget
Last Updated: 8:11 PM 05/14/12 - Lawmakers have a little more than two weeks left in the spring legislative session to come up with a plan to fix the state's bankrupt Medicaid and pension systems.
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Protestors Arrested Ahead of NATO Summit
Last Updated: 1:42 PM 05/14/12 - A rally outside President Barack Obama's campaign headquarters in downtown Chicago ended with several arrests after some protesters refused to leave the building.
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Romney Wants to Shift Focus back to Economy
Last Updated: 11:51 AM 05/11/12 - Republican Mitt Romney is trying to return the focus of his campaign to the sluggish economic recovery.
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Bustos Visits Rockford's YWCA
Last Updated: 10:49 AM 05/11/12 - Democrat Cheri Bustos toured Rockford's YWCA facility before meeting with local business owners.
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Rockford Casino Still an Option for Lawmakers
Last Updated: 11:59 PM 05/09/12 - Illinois lawmakers are working in Springfield this week and on their agenda a gaming bill that didn't get enough support last year.
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IL Senate Rejects Limits on Closing Facilities
Last Updated: 11:01 PM 05/09/12 - The Illinois Senate has rejected a proposal to limit the governor's power to close prisons and other state facilities.
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Obama Voices His Support for Gay Marriage
Last Updated: 11:38 PM 05/09/12 - President Barack Obama says he now supports same-sex marriage, ending months of equivocation on a subject with powerful election-year consequences.
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The Wisconsin Recall Election
Last Updated: 1:20 PM 05/09/12 - If you haven't gotten a phone call or piece of mail related to the June 5 recall election yet, just wait.
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Former Campaign Spokeswoman Takes Stand at John Edwards Trial
Last Updated: 11:54 AM 05/09/12 - A former campaign spokeswoman took the stand at John Edwards' corruption trial today.
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No Retribution for F-22 Pilots
Last Updated: 11:41 PM 05/08/12 - Two U.S. Air Force pilots who stepped forward with safety concerns over the F-22 fighter jet, will not face retribution.
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Mitt Romney Wins GOP Primaries in Indiana, NC
Last Updated: 10:57 PM 05/08/12 - Mitt Romney has won the Indiana and North Carolina presidential primaries.
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Milwaukee Mayor to Face Walker in Wis. Recall
Last Updated: 9:02 PM 05/08/12 - Milwaukee mayor wins Democratic primary to face Wis. Gov. Scott Walker in recall election.
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Santorum Endorses One-Time Rival Romney
Last Updated: 1:41 PM 05/08/12 - Rick Santorum is endorsing his one-time bitter rival Mitt Romney in a late-night e-mail to his supporters.
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Wisconsin Recall Primary
Last Updated: 12:53 PM 05/08/12 - All eyes are on Wisconsin as voters decide who will take on first-term Governor Scott Walker in a historic recall election next month.
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Democrats Cancel Unity Rally for Day After Primary
Last Updated: 11:03 PM 05/07/12 - The Democratic Party of Wisconsin has canceled a rally in Madison for the day after Tuesday's recall election primary that was to have included all four candidates for governor.
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Congressman Adam Kinzinger to be on CBS This Morning Tuesday
Last Updated: 11:00 PM 05/07/12 - Tuesday morning local Congressman Adam Kinzinger will be on CBS This Morning.
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Campaign 2012: Republican VP Hopefulls
Last Updated: 4:55 PM 05/07/12 - Voters in North Carolina, Indiana and West Virginia will go to the polls tomorrow. They will get to choose between Mitt Romney and Ron Paul for the republican presidential nomination.
France and Greece Vote Out Leaders
Last Updated: 11:42 AM 05/07/12 - France and Greece voted out their leaders and voters in Italy are also going to the polls.
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Wisconsin Recall Election
Last Updated: 11:38 AM 05/07/12 - The leading Democratic candidates in the race to take on Republican Gov. Scott Walker in a recall election next month are making their final campaign stops before Tuesday's primary.
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Janesville Congressman Paul Ryan Possible Vice President Candidate
Last Updated: 12:04 AM 05/05/12 - The first Reuters Vice Presidential Poll was released Friday today. Finishing high on the potential VP survey is Rock County's own Paul Ryan
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Governor's Tax Bill Up $3,300 as IL Rate Climbs
Last Updated: 10:24 PM 05/04/12 - Gov. Pat Quinn's Illinois tax bill jumped more than $3,300 in the first year of the state's higher income tax rate
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Kinzinger Host Town Hall With Members of the Rockford Area Association of Realtors
Last Updated: 11:41 PM 05/03/12 - Congressman Adam Kinzinger was in Rockford Thursday afternoon meeting with members of the Rockford Area Association of Realtors.
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GAB Predicts Primary Turnout of 30-35 Percent in Wisc. Recall
Last Updated: 12:25 PM 05/03/12 - The state elections board is predicting a voter turnout of 30 percent to 35 percent in next week's primaries.
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Gov. Quinn Will Approve Child-Care Legislation
Last Updated: 12:18 AM 05/19/12 - After weeks of uncertainty, local child care providers will get paid after all.
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Illinois Treasurer Rutherford Visits Belvidere
Last Updated: 11:12 PM 05/02/12 - Illinois Treasurer Dan Rutherford stopped by Infrastructure Defense Technologies Wednesday.
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Illinois House Panel Targets Retiree Health Care
Last Updated: 10:42 PM 05/02/12 - An Illinois House committee wants to take away a perk for government retirees who get a big break on health insurance.
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Gingrich to Abandon Presidential Run on Wednesday
Last Updated: 11:45 AM 05/02/12 - Even though Newt Gingrich is bowing out of the Republican presidential race today, his critical statements about likely nominee Mitt Romney will continue to be heard.
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Obama Sees "New Day" a Year after bin Laden Death
Last Updated: 10:48 PM 05/01/12 - President Obama says that in the year since the death of Osama bin Laden, "the tide has turned" in Afghanistan and the U.S. in on the path toward the destruction of al-Qaida.
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Panel Rejects Closing 2 Illinois Prisons
Last Updated: 1:21 PM 05/01/12 - There’s some potentially bad news for Governor Quinn: a bipartisan commission says it opposes his plans to close two prisons and a central Illinois center for people with developmental disabilities.
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Lt. Gov. Visits the Stateline
Last Updated: 10:40 PM 04/30/12 - Illinois' Lieutenant Governor is hoping to get some feedback across the Stateline today.
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Gov. Ryan Appeal to be Heard
Last Updated: 1:25 PM 04/30/12 - George Ryan's lawyer says the imprisoned Illinois governor was pleased to hear that the U.S. Supreme Court has ordered a lower court to reconsider his appeal.
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Pension Concerns Spark Spike in Retirements
Last Updated: 10:35 PM 04/26/12 - The State's pension funding problems may get worse before they get better. That's because of a surge in people retiring this year. More state employees have decided to cash it in now instead of risking the potential lawmakers will slash their benefits.
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