Illinois
Illinois: One pen away from abolishing the death penalty
January 14, 2011Lawmakers are poised to make Illinois the first state to end capital punishment since 2009.
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Stopping a Chicago eviction
December 6, 2010CHICAGO - The Tellez family are vowing not to be evicted from their Northwest Side home, and Alvaro Tellez says he is fighting for his children and their future.
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Civil unions OK’d in “heart of heartland” Illinois
December 3, 2010SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - "Exhaustimicated!" that's what Equality Illinois' Rick Garcia told Chicago-based Windy City Times, after this week's historic two-day vote in the Illinois state legislature in favor of same-sex civil unions.
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Historic voter mobilization blocks Republican takeover of Illinois
November 9, 2010In the face of a horrible economic crisis and torrent of secret outside money, progressive forces blocked a complete takeover of Illinois state government by Republicans.
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No enthusiasm gap at jam-packed union phone bank
October 29, 2010CHICAGO - By noon Oct. 29, union members were close to having called 500,000 people in Illinois about the Nov. 2 elections, here at what the Operating Engineers say is the nation's biggest, most state-of-the-art phone...
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