State budget delay stalls school aid and payments
Gov Blagojevich's delay in signing the budget prevents Monday state aid disbursements for schools, hospitals, nursing homes, and vendors. About 340 million in aid is overdue, with 395 former state workers missing disability checks. Comptonroller Hynes warns of growing hardship as cuts to a 59 billion package loom and pork-barrel projects face elimination.
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Springfield
Rod Blagojevich
Dan Hynes
General Assembly
Blagojevich
Watson Road
Murphysboro
Shelby County
Bloomington
Oreana
Forsyth
Milan
Frankfort
Hynes
Town mottos mark a towns branding and identity
The piece traces how communities use mottos on water towers and signs to brand themselves from McHenry to Crystal Lake and Woodstock. It notes mottos reflect pride and history, with examples like Crystal Lake’s Now entering Crystal Lake A good place to live and Woodstock True to its past and confident of its future.
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McHenry
The
Fox
Algonquin
Fox Valley
Nancy Fike
McHenry County
Crystal Lake
Aaron Shepley
Shepley
Crystal Lake City
Ralph Dawson
Dawson
Woodstock
Brian Sager
Chain O Lakes
Harvard
Jay Nolan
Harvard Economic Development Corp
Nolan
Obama says video upsets his daughters in New Hampshire
Obama discusses the Obama Girl video and its impact on his family noting his 6 year old daughter Sasha asked about it. He emphasizes protecting his wife and kids from political attacks while pursuing a hopeful tone in the campaign. He comments on rivals Clinton and Bush-Cheney comparisons and the need to avoid negative campaigning.
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Salem
N.H
Obama
Barack Obama
Sasha
Mommy
Associated Press
Amber Lee Ettinger
Obama Girl
YouTube
Sen. Obama
Dill
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Clinton
Bush
New Hampshire
Judge warns Calabrese in contempt over inadmissible evidence
In Chicago, U S District Judge James Zagel warned Frank Calabrese that he would hold him in contempt if he continued to press for evidence already ruled inadmissible in the racketeering conspiracy trial. The ruling came amid Calabrese’s outburst during testimony in the Operation Family Secrets case, which also involves Lombardo Marcello Schiro and others tied to extortion gambling and loan sharking with 18 unsolved murders.
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Chicago
Frank Calabrese
Calabrese
U.S
James B. Zagel
Zagel
Joseph Lopez
Nicholas
Joseph
Joey the Clown
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Illinois
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