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Pensions pose latest challenge for Chicago mayor
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Pensions pose latest challenge for Chicago mayor

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GOP Sen. Kirk announces support for gay marriage
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GOP Sen. Kirk announces support for gay marriage

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Mayor: Chicago school closings tough but necessary
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Mayor: Chicago school closings tough but necessary

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In this Jan. 3, 2013 photo, Theresa Volpe, second from left, testifies alongside her daughter Ava as her partner Mercedes Santos, right, sits with their son Jaidon during a Senate Executive committee hearing considering same sex marriage at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill. Despite a nudge from the home-state president, soaring support in the polls and national momentum from the November elections, the stalling of the gay marriage push in Illinois shows how tricky it is to get a legislature to approve same-sex unions. Illinois Sen. Heather Steans, D-Chicago, a supporter for same sex marriage, left, looks on. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
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Gay marriage remains a tough sell in Illinois

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FILE - In this file photo taken Wednesday Nov. 3, 2010, in Wheeling, Ill., Illinois Sen.-elect Mark Kirk, R-Ill., speaks to media as he celebrates his election win. Nearly a year after a stroke left him barely able to move the left side of his body, U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk is expected to climb the 45 steps to the Senate’s front door this week _ a walk that’s significant not just for Illinois’ junior senator, but also for medical researchers and hundreds of thousands of stroke patients. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
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Illinois Sen. Kirk to return a year after stroke

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FOR USE MONDAY DEC. 31, 2012 AND THEREAFTER - FILE - In this Dec. 5, 2012 file photo taken in Springfield, Ill., Illinois Rep. Daniel Biss, D-Skokie, left, looks on as Illinois Rep. Elaine Nekritz, D-Des Plaines, speaks with reporters at the Illinois State Capitol. Lawmakers will convene again the first week in January in hopes of fixing the nation's worst case of underfunding state employees' pensions, a problem approaching $100 billion and mounting by $17 million per day. On the table are solutions that other states adopted as long as five years ago.
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Illinois dragging its feet on huge pension problem

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Ill. lawmaker: Pension plan would save $2 billion
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Ill. lawmaker: Pension plan would save $2 billion

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In this Nov. 2, 2012 photo, DeKalb police Sgt. Jason Leverton speaks with an Northern Illinois University police officer in the doorway of the Pi Kappa Alpha house in DeKalb, Ill. where police were investigating the death of NIU freshman David Bogenberger. Nearly two dozen Pi Kappa Alpha members at Northern Illinois University have been charged with hazing-related counts after Bogenberger was found dead at their fraternity house following a night of drinking. (AP Photo/Daily Chronicle, Kyle Bursaw) CHICAGO LOCALS OUT; ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT
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13 surrender in Illinois fraternity drinking death

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Ill. officials push for illegal immigrant licenses
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Ill. officials push for illegal immigrant licenses

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Ryan: Obama trying to ‘muddle and confuse’ voters
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Ryan: Obama trying to ‘muddle and confuse’ voters

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