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RTA Budget Hearings Get Into Full Swing

CHICAGO (CBS) ― The Regional Transportation Authority is in the midst of hearings on its 2008 budget. A few suburbs had hearings last week, but they begin in the city on Monday night. Issues being discussed will include the...

Obama Resigns Senate Seat to Write Memoir

— Claiming that the hectic pace of his work in the U.S. Senate has taken its toll, Barack Obama announced today he would resign his senate seat effective Sunday, and take a couple of months off to relax and finish a tell-all...

Rep. Danny Davis interested in Obama's Senate seat

CHICAGO -- Congressman Danny Davis says he wants to replace Barack Obama as the junior senator from Illinois. The Democrat's declaration came at a news conference in Chicago on Sunday. That's the same day President-elect Obama...

Budget pinch puts historic sites on hiatus

By JAMES HANNAH • Associated Press Writer • November 17, 2008 WAPAKONETA - Neil Armstrong's spacesuits, a capsule he piloted, the long johns James Lovell wore on the aborted Apollo 13 moon mission and other artifacts in the...

Transition can be time of risk, Obama says | '60 Minutes'

President-elect Barack Obama said in an interview broadcast Sunday evening that he is assembling his national security team as quickly as possible because there potentially can be "times of vulnerability" to terrorist attacks...

Alumna, professor reportedly on Obama short list

by Emily Cahn Senior Staff Writer Issue date: 11/17/08 Section: Two members of the GW community are reportedly on short lists for top positions in President-elect Barack Obama's new administration. The Chicago Tribune reported...

Obama talks about priorities on '60 Minutes'

CHICAGO -- President-elect Barack Obama said in an interview broadcast last night that he is assembling his national security team as quickly as possible because there potentially can be "times of vulnerability" to terrorist...

Obama adds White House staff

CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama resigned his seat in the Senate on Sunday to focus on his transition to the White House, appointing new staff and thanking his home state of Illinois for launching his...

Obama resigns Senate seat and adds White House staff

CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama resigned his seat in the Senate on Sunday to focus on his transition to the White House, appointing new staff and thanking his home state of Illinois for launching his...

OPINION: Economy gives us reason to pause on downtown

Nov. 16--Municipal and county governments could be facing some tough times. After the steep drop in gas prices and with people driving less, money for the road fund is almost certain to fall. State Comptroller Dan Hynes says...