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CTA board approves fare raises

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14-Nov-2008 22 related
        

Even with dropping fuel costs, other problems make increases necessary, officials say Chicago Transit Authority riders will pay more next year—though, in some cases, not quite as much as first proposed—under fare increases...

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Illinois' unpaid bills near $4 billion, services at risk

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13-Nov-2008 10 related
        

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Illinois needs to take steps to ease a record backlog of unpaid bills totaling nearly $4 billion that could lead to cuts in services and even the closure of nursing homes, the state's comptroller warned on...

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News Minute: Clinton for secretary of state?...Wall Street rebound...Earthquake drill

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14-Nov-2008 3 related
        

Associated Press - November 13, 2008 10:13 PM ET CHICAGO (AP) - Democratic sources are saying Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is among the candidates President-elect Barack Obama is considering for secretary of state. Clinton...

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Obama Advisor Bill Daley Mum On Hillary Clinton

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14-Nov-2008 1,362 related
        

U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton is reportedly headed to Chicago as news agencies say she's a contender to be Barack Obama's secretary of state when he becomes president next year. Clinton's advisors say it's a personal visit.

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Who’s afraid of the big bad economy? Not the museum!

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14-Nov-2008
        

From the Journal Star: With little debate, the Illinois Senate today voted 51-4 to send Gov. Rod Blagojevich a proposal to let Peoria County ask voters to OK a special sales tax to help pay for the Peoria riverfront museum. The...

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Obama will resign Senate seat Sunday

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13-Nov-2008 9 related
        

UPDATED AT 1:50 p.m. Posted by John McCormick and Rick Pearson at 1:35 p.m. President-elect Barack Obama said today he will step down from his Senate seat effective this Sunday. The decision adds to the pressure on Gov. Rod...

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Obama's Senate role creates odd overlap

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13-Nov-2008 2 related
        

Obama's Senate role creates odd overlap : President-elect Barack Obama wants Congress to pass a multibillion-dollar economic stimulus package and a bailout for the sputtering auto industry during a lame-duck session next week....

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Judge rejects fundraiser Rezko's bid for new trial

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12-Nov-2008 45 related
        

The Associated Press Wednesday, November 12, 2008; 4:48 PM CHICAGO -- A federal judge on Wednesday turned down a request for a new trial from convicted influence peddler Tony Rezko, the pivotal figure in a major Illinois...

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Source: Obama friend Jarrett not seeking Senate

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12-Nov-2008 121 related
        

The Associated Press Wednesday, November 12, 2008; 5:17 PM SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The list of possible replacements for President-elect Barack Obama in the U.S. Senate just got a little shorter. One person often mentioned as a...

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Blagojevich's top money man to head finance agency

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12-Nov-2008 3 related
        

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Gov. Rod Blagojevich has tabbed his top economic adviser to head the Illinois Finance Authority. John Filan has been the architect of state budgets that found creative revenue sources which avoided general...

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