Ryan Ryan: Illinois governor candidate with cautious rhetoric
Jim Ryan, former DuPage County states attorney and current attorney general, seeks the GOP nomination for Illinois governor. He avoids bold positions on abortion and pork spending, emphasizing name recognition and steady process adherence while facing a $1 billion revenue gap and voter demand for concrete plans.
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Aybe
Jim Ryan
DuPage County
Ryan
GOP
Corinne Wood
Pat O'Malley
George Ryan
Campaign money pours in as Illinois campaigns race on
Special interests have donated over 1.4 million dollars to candidates in 2002 as Illinois races for governor and control of the legislature unfold. Gambling operators and track owners have given 310 thousand dollars, health groups at least 630 thousand, and tobacco interests 66 thousand as lawmakers seek to fill a 750 million dollar budget gap.
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Chicago
Richard Duchassois
Alton Belle Casino
GOP
Illinois General Assembly
Senate
James Pate Philip
House
Lee Daniels
Illinois Hospital Association
Illinois State Medical Society
Retired teacher finds passion in nature photography
Homewood resident Chester Chylinski, a former Thornridge High English teacher, turned to photography after retirement. He treats the hobby as inspiration and sanity, aiming for memorable landscapes. His Nikon contest honorable mention, for Sleeping Giant in Cornwall, highlights decades of self taught growth and travel.
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Chet Chylinski
Homewood
Lost Gardens
Cornwall
England
Chylinski
Thornridge High School
Dalton
Honeywell
Europe
Illinois ramps up West Nile virus response statewide
Illinois health officials, after last summer's West Nile cases, plan a statewide expansion with CDC planning help. Mid April reporting of dead birds will speed testing, with new procedures delivering results in about a week. Authorities expect spread to more counties, mainly in birds, some horses, and possibly people. Nine U.S. deaths last year underline danger.
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Springfield
Illinois
Federal
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Illinois Public Health Department
Tom Schafer
Public Health Department
Crawford County
Indiana
Richard Hull
Department of Agriculture
United States
CDC
Migrant worker fatally shoots man then kills self
A farmer tried to intervene in an argument between two migrant farm workers when Osiel Escobar, 42, shot Dennis W. Franke, 49, and fled. Hours later, Escobar was found inside a Freeburg home with a gun and committed suicide after police surrounded the residence.
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Freeburg
Dennis W. Franke
Columbia
Osiel Escobar
Franke
Monroe County
Beatty
Escobar
St Elizabeth's Hospital
Belleville
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Chicago Tribune
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Illinois Issues Magazine
Kent Redfield
University of Ilinois- Springfield
Chester
Chet” Chylinski
Governors State University
Eliot Porter
Americas
America
ESPN
MTV
TNT
Cartoon Network
Discovery Channel
CNN
University Mall
Marion
Court Street
Main Street
Cablelne NG
N. Division
Carterville, IL
Amettis Country Store
Old Johnston City Rd
West
Frankfort
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