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Kadner: No state plan to treat mentally ill

Date: 
01/27/2012

From the Herald-News:

 

Kadner: No state plan to treat mentally ill

Phil Kadner 

pkadner@southtownstar.com 

January 23, 2012 8:50PM

Updated: January 24, 2012 5:15AM 

 

Illinois is once again planning to close the Tinley Park Mental Health Center.

Citizen Action/Illinois Releases 2011 Annual Report

Date: 
01/17/2012

 

CA/IL Releases Annual Report

Citizen Action/Illinois is proud to release our 2011 Annual Report.  It was a busy and important year, and we look forward to continuing to fight for the middle class and the progressive agenda in 2012.

 

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Eleven states, D.C. back Obama on health law

Date: 
01/17/2012

From The Washington Times:

 

Eleven states, D.C. back Obama on health law

By Paige Winfield Cunningham

Friday, January 13, 2012

Eleven states and the District of Columbia are siding with the Obama administration in the legal battle over the constitutionality of the new health care law, as more than half the states prepare to challenge the law before the Supreme Court.

Iraq War Ends, and a 2002 Rally Comes Full Circle

Date: 
12/20/2011

From inthesetimes.com:

By Daniel Hertz

CHICAGO - In the same downtown plaza where, nine years earlier, then-state senator Barack Obama rallied thousands of protesters against the imminent invasion of Iraq, about fifty people gathered Friday morning to mark President Obama’s announcement that the war had officially come to an end.

Ill. task force on campaign reform offers public financing options, says public trust at stake

Date: 
12/15/2011

From The Associated Press:

First Posted: December 15, 2011 - 1:43 pm
Last Updated: December 15, 2011 - 4:11 pm

Report highlights jobless workers' stories of frustration, despair and economic uncertainty

Date: 
12/06/2011

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer:

Report highlights jobless workers' stories of frustration, despair and economic uncertainty

Friday, December 02, 2011, 6:30 PM     Updated: Friday, December 02, 2011, 6:53 PM

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