Springfield (Illinois)

Illinois Republicans generally approve of McCain's pick for vice president

herald-review.com     9 hrs ago   1,372 related          

By KURT ERICKSON - Illinois Republicans were surprised but generally pleased with presumptive GOP presidential nominee John McCain's pick of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate. The prevailing sentiment Friday...                    

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11 Ill. parks to close among hundreds of layoffs

chicagotribune.com     yesterday          

By JOHN O'CONNOR | AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Thirteen state historic sites and 11 parks will close, and human services will be affected as the Blagojevich administration said Thursday it will lay off 325...                    

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Big speeches a new political tool for Obama (AP)

yahoo.com     28-Aug-2008   73 related          

By CHRISTOPHER WILLS, Associated Press Writer 2 minutes ago SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Instead, Obama delivered a two-minute summary filled with jargon like "data collection process" and "management tools." It may be hard to...                    

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Morning Bell: Empty Ethics Rhetotric Exposed

heritage.org     28-Aug-2008   1 related          

DENVER — One of Barack Obama’s only legislative accomplishments in the U.S. Senate is the Legislative Transparency and Accountability Act, which passed in September 2007. When he announced his candidacy in Springfield,...                    

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Big speeches a new political tool for Obama

washingtonpost.com     28-Aug-2008   198 related          

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- In April 2003, Barack Obama rose in the Illinois Senate to discuss a delicate issue: legislation calling for a study of whether police discriminate against black drivers by making up excuses to pull...                    

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Guest Commentary: Words and remembrance can make a difference

denverpost.com     28-Aug-2008   38 related          

At the commencement of his campaign in Springfield, Illinois, on the steps of the State's Capitol, Senator Obama, presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party for President of the United States, invoked the name and words...                    

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Dan Hynes plans to lay off employees

suntimes.com     27-Aug-2008          

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois Comptroller Dan Hynes plans to lay off employees and has instituted unpaid days off and a hiring freeze to deal with budget cuts. Hynes spokeswoman Carol Knowles says the number of layoffs...                    

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Brent Bozell III: No Nastiness In Springfield?

townhall.com     27-Aug-2008   1 related          

Who should McCain select as his running mate? If that myth hadn't died under tons of weight to the contrary by now, it certainly should have expired in Springfield, Ill., when he selected Joe Biden as his running mate....                    

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Bozell Column: No Nastiness In Springfield?

newsbusters.org     26-Aug-2008   2 related          

For two years now, we’ve heard Barack Obama’s media allies telling us how he was a somehow Not A Politician, that he was the pragmatic soul of civility who was "uniquely qualified to nudge the country toward the color...                    

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Larry Searcy

semissourian.com     26-Aug-2008          

Larry C. Searcy, 57, of Springfield, Ill., died Monday, Aug. 25, 2008, at Illinois Veterans Home in Quincy. He was born June 28, 1951, in Des Moines, Iowa, son of Earle and Carla Cunningham Searcy. Larry served his country...                    

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