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• Abortion rights group endorses Quinn, Schillerstrom

  
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  Posted by Rick Pearson at 4:50 p.m. Personal PAC, a political action committee that backs abortion rights, endorsed Gov. Pat Quinn for the Democratic nomination for governor and made Republican governor candidate Bob Schillerstrom its lone GOP choice for statewide...
  2 days ago

• Barack, Outed and Scorned?

  
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  Pay careful attention to the expressions on the faces of Rahm Emanuel and the Anointed One  lately. They both look more than a tad scared. Not only is former Chicago ally, disgraced Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, affectionately known as Blago,   ready, willing, and able to expose the president and his ...
  2 days ago

• Quinn names former judge to review prisoner release program

  
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  Posted by Monique Garcia at 3:55 p.m. Gov. Pat Quinn today picked a former judge to head up a review of an Illinois Department of Corrections program in which hundreds of inmates were released early after they were awarded behavior...
  5 days ago

• Republican governor candidates spar over business expansion near Lisle school

  
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  Posted by Rick Pearson at 2:25 p.m. A pair of DuPage County Republican governor candidates have turned a proposed Lisle development into a campaign issue. The dispute is between state Sen. Kirk Dillard of Hinsdsale and DuPage County Board Chairman...
  5 days ago

• Two Democratic governor candidates drop out

  
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  Posted by Rick Pearson at 4:05 p.m. Gov. Pat Quinn and Comptroller Dan Hynes will apparently go directly head-to-head in the Democratic primary race for governor after the State Board of Elections today reported that attorney Ed Scanlan has been...
  6 days ago

• Jesse White cites need for stability in backing Pat Quinn for governor

  
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  Posted by Monique Garcia at 12:20 p.m. Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White today endorsed Gov. Pat Quinn for a full term in office, saying the state needs consistent leadership to emerge from its ethical and financial messes. The popular White, consistently among the top vote-getters statewide, did not take any ...
  1 week ago

• Top Republicans meet to discuss McKenna-GOP poll

  
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  Posted by Rick Pearson at 7:50 a.m. Two top allies of former state GOP chairman Andy McKenna sat down with current Republican chairman Pat Brady at a suburban hotel, but achieved no resolution to the issue of whether the use of McKenna’s name on a party-funded poll last April was proper, sources familiar with the ...
  1 week ago

• Illinois political docket Thursday: Quinn gets endorsement from popular White

  
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  Posted by Tribune staff at 6:55 a.m. Heres a look at whats on Thursdays political docket. * Gov. Pat Quinn is to receive a key endorsement this morning from longtime Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White. White, who is in his third term, is consistently one of the most popular statewide elected officials and ...
  1 week ago

• Illinois prison selected for Guantanamo detainees

  
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  Washington, Dec 16 (DPA) The US government plans to send an unspecified number of Guantanamo detainees to a prison in Illinois as part of the plan to shutter the controversial facility for holding terrorist suspects, the White House said Tuesday.President Barack Obama has ordered the federal government to buy a state ...
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• Illinois political docket Tuesday: Quinn at White House for prison sales pitch

  
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  Posted by Tribune staff at 6:32 a.m. Heres a look at whats on todays Illinois political docket. * Gov. Pat Quinn and U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois meet with Obama Administration officials at the White House today to be briefed on the federal governments plans to buy Illinois little-used Thomson state prison in ...
  1 week ago

• Quinns economic recovery plan has campaign feel

  
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  Posted by Monique Garcia at 8:08 p.m. Gov. Pat Quinn used an afternoon appearance before the City Club of Chicago to unveil his latest economic recovery program for the state, though the plan reads more like a review of what...
  1 week ago

• Quinn, Ryan Lead Primary Races for Governor in Illinois

  
  Politics Daily — Authority: 783
  Filed under: Primaries , Polls , Poll Watch , 2010 Elections Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn , who took the job after Rod Blagojevich was ousted amid corruption charges, has a big lead over state comptroller Dan Hynes , who is challenging him for the Democratic nomination, according to a Chicago Tribune/WGN-TV poll ...
  1 week ago

• Democratic, Repubilcan governor candidates tackle ethics, most pressing concern

  
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  Posted by Tribune staff at 4 a.m. The Chicago Tribune is asking the Democratic and Republican governor candidates a series of issue questions in advance of the Feb. 2 primaries for the job Rod Blagojevich was bounced from in January....
  1 week ago

• Illinois and Guns: An Issue To Consider For 2010 Governor Races

  
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  As 2010 approaches, I run the risk of sounding reminiscent of the 1994 mid-term elections. I was still a youngster during those days but remember the 2nd Amendment was a big deal. Also; of course, we are also in the midst of one of the worst economic periods in history where far too many state and local governments ...
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• Major union snubs Quinn, Hynes in Democratic governors race

  
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  Posted by Rick Pearson at 7:20 p.m. The state’s largest public employees’ union issued a string of endorsements today for the Feb. 2 primary, but absent among them was a recommendation in the Democratic governors contest. The lack of an endorsement by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal ...
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• Memo may point to IL as site for Gitmo detainees (AP)

  
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  AP – A draft memo leaked to a conservative Web site is an encouraging sign the government intends to transfer Guantanamo terrorist suspects… Here is the original: (AP)"> (AP)">Memo may point to IL as site for Gitmo detainees (AP)
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• Memo may point to IL as site for Gitmo detainees (AP)

  
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  AP - A draft memo leaked to a conservative Web site is an encouraging sign the government intends to transfer Guantanamo terrorist suspects to Illinois, Sen. Richard Durbin and the states governor said Friday.
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• Abortion rights group backs Quinn, Giannoulias, Preckwinkle

  
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  Posted by Rick Pearson at 12:30 p.m. The political arm of Planned Parenthood issued its endorsements today for the Feb. 2 Democratic primary, backing Alexi Giannoulias for U.S. Senate, Gov. Pat Quinn for election to a full term and Chicago...
  2 weeks ago

• Quinn signs campaign finance reform into law one year after Blagojevich arrested

  
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  Posted by Monique Garcia at 11:29 a.m.; updated at 12:40 p.m. Choosing the symbolic date of the one-year anniversary of ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevichs arrest on federal corruption charges, Gov. Pat Quinn today signed into law the states first-ever limits on...
  2 weeks ago

• Quinn to sign reform legislation on anniversary of Blagojevich arrest

  
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  Posted by Monique Garcia at 4:25 p.m. Gov. Pat Quinn says he will sign into law the state’s first-ever limits on campaign contributions on Wednesday --- exactly one year after his predecessor and onetime ally Rod Blagojevich was roused from...
  2 weeks ago

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