Word: illinoise
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2 | Illinois Cleaning House The Illinois house of representatives took its first steps toward removing embattled governor Rod Blagojevich from office, voting 113-0 to create a bipartisan committee to look into whether he should be impeached. Blagojevich has no plans to resign, and the inquiry could take weeks. In...
• "He's sort of a roll-up-your-sleeves and get-down-to-work kind of individual...He brings a very down-to-Earth perspective." - Debra Strauss, president-elect of the Illinois PTA, Washington Post, Dec. 16, 2008
"I don't feel I can quite accept this award, not quite yet. I don't feel I have earned it." - choking back tears as he refused to accept the Abraham Lincoln Award from the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence in October. Duncan said he didn't deserve the award...
Quinn would not have a long stint in office before having to think about running for a full term in 2010. Perhaps ironically, among those jostling for the executive suite is Madigan, who is considered by some to be a front runner for the job - and whose father, Illinois house...
"I saw a bill on Friday night that would provide for a temporary appointment to the U.S. Senate until we could have a special election. I am concerned that we always have two Senators from Illinois representing us in Washington, and I think it's very important that whoever is...