Edgar's guts to govern signals life in Illinois race
Illinois Secretary of State Jim Edgar announces he will run for governor promising bold leadership and a focus on education. He seeks to extend a two year 20 percent income tax increase for schools, warns of higher local property taxes if not extended, and pledges to deliver affordable care and tackle drug abuse while continuing to push traffic safety and literacy efforts. He plans campaigns in multiple cities and ends Day One with a Rosemont rally.
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Charleston
Cns
Illinois
Jim Edgar
James R. Thompson
Edgar
Eastern Illinois University
Rosemont
EIU
Thompson
Lyndon H. LaRouche
Secretary of State
Robert A. Marshall
Berwyn
Neil F. Hartigan
Ex-Dixon worker named warden for Robinson prison
Springfield UP I report says Corrections Director Michael Lane announced three new state prisons with wardens. Marjorie Brown 33 and Rodney Ahitow 42 plus Michael Furrie 33 were named wardens for Robinson Taylorville and Illinois River centers.
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Springfield
Ill
UPI
Dixon Correctional Center
Michael Lane
Marjorie Brown
New Robinson Correctional Center
East Moline
Brown
Dixon
Joliet
Chester
Rodney Ahitow
Illinois River Correctional Center
Canton
Ahitow
Corrections Department
the Hill
Galesburg
State Children and Family Services Department
Washington, D.C
Lane
Michael Furrie
Taylorville Correctional Center
Furrie
Jacksonville Correctional Center
James R. Thompson
Robinson and
Taylorville
Rend Lake Conservancy
Mt. Vernon
Taxpayers flood Cook County Building Over Tax Bills
Irate Chicagoans jammed the Cook County Building to pay property taxes before the 6 p.m. deadline. Officials allowed entry in small groups as protesters demanded relief, with calls for tax cuts and caps while Mayor Daley urged payment under protest.
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Chicago
UPI
Cook County
Richard M. Daley
Thomas Hynes
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America
Curt Teich Co
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Hynes
Pat Quinn
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Coalition For Political Honesty
Cook County Board
George Dunne
Quinn
Cook County Board of (Tax) Appeals
State of Illinois
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Sears Corporation
County
Boston Harbor
Rich Daley
Jim Tobin
National Taxpayers United of Illinois
Tobin
Liz Clairborne
Levi
Sterling
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