Michael Madigan

Michael Madigan

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  Family drama adds intrigue to Ill. governor's race

  Politics has long been a family business in Illinois, a place where who you know — and who you're related to — matters more than most. But the family ... 

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  GOP Sen. Kirk announces support for gay marriage

  GOP Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois on Tuesday became the second sitting Republican senator to endorse gay marriage — a move that also could shift the ... 

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  Ill. gov. wants appeal of concealed carry ruling

  Gov. Pat Quinn said Wednesday that he wants the Illinois attorney general to appeal a federal court ruling that the state's last-in-the-nation ... 

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  New day, new lawmakers, same Ill. pension fight

  New day. New lawmakers. Same old pension-reform dispute. Illinois legislators failed to deliver a solution Tuesday to a ballooning, $96 billion ... 

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  Illinois dragging its feet on huge pension problem

  Illinois, a state with a reputation for political wheeling and dealing, backroom handshakes and 11th-hour bargains, is dragging its feet on the one ...