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Among the Illinois Constitution’s many mandates are requirements that the state budget be balanced and that the state be the primary funder of public education.
Sen. Barack Obama's campaign has admitted to receiving $33,500 in illegal foreign contributions from three brothers in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, but the left-wing Daily Kos website suggests WND – whose Jerusalem bureau chief Aaron Klein investigated the story – might have concocted a convoluted scheme to make the Illinois senator look bad.
NORFOLK, Va. — When Michelle Obama, wife of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois, held a roundtable with military spouses and retirees here on Wednesday, she got an earful — and said that if her husband is elected, he has a plan to help them.
ELKHART -- Ending U.S. dependence on foreign oil and revamping American energy policy will be the top priority of a Barack Obama administration, the Illinois senator said here this morning.
ELKHART, Ind. (AP) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama will bring his campaign to northern Indiana this morning. The Illinois senator will talk about his economic and energy plans during a town hall meeting at Concord High School in Elkhart.
Attorney General and likely gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown has sued an Illinois-based travel agency service, alleging that it's really a massive pyramid scheme that has bilked millions of dollars out of suckers around the state.
SOUTH BEND — Illinois Sen. Barack Obama touched down at South Bend Regional Airport more than 12 hours before a planned town hall meeting in Elkhart Wednesday morning. The early arrival has sparked yet another round of rumors that he could be prepared to announce Sen.
By ALAN FRAM Solid margins among women, minorities and young voters have powered Barack Obama to a 6 percentage point lead over John McCain in the presidential race, according to a poll released Tuesday. Obama is ahead of his Republican rival 47 percent to 41 percent, The Associated Press-Ipsos poll showed. The survey was taken after the Democratic senator from Illinois had returned from a trip ...
On Nov. 8, 1994, Pastor Scott Willis and his wife, Janet, started the day by voting in Illinois' general election. One vote they cast was to re-elect Secretary of State George Ryan.
EDWARDSVILLE -- The Edwardsville City Council on Tuesday approved historic landmark status for the Religious Center at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
The Illinois Supreme Court likely will be the final arbiter of Democratic state Senate hopeful Tom Cullerton's fate.
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