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FILE - This combo made of undated file photos provided by the Chicago Police Department shows from left, Brent Vincent Betterly, of Oakland Park, Fla., Jared Chase, of Keene, N.H., and Brian Church, of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Opening statements are scheduled to begin Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, at Cook County Circuit Court in Chicago at the trial of the three men, who are charged under Illinois terrorism statutes with plotting Molotov cocktail attacks during the 2012 NATO summit in Chicago. (AP Photo/Chicago Police Department, File)
National Security

NATO trial openings ask: Terrorists or goofs?

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The Supreme Court raised questions Tuesday over whether home-based health care providers employed by state of Illinois can refuse to pay dues to the union that represents them. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Supreme Court weighs First Amendment case with ‘radical’ impact on public-sector unions

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday is set to hear a dispute regarding union fees that -- while failing to receive substantial media hype -- is poised to have major consequences on organized labor's recruiting. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Supreme Court ‘sleeper’ case on union dues has big impact on organized labor

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Is Antonin Scalia the Supreme Court’s swing vote in a major Big Labor case?
Beltway Confidential

Is Antonin Scalia the Supreme Court’s swing vote in a major Big Labor case?

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Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan appealed a decision by the Illinois Pollution Control Board to allow Clinton Landfill Inc. to construct and operate a chemical waste landfill above the Mahomet Aquifer. (Thinkstock)
Energy and Environment

Illinois attorney general appeals ruling in favor of landfill

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Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn is using the holiday weekend honoring Martin Luther King Jr. to continue pressing for raising Illinois' minimum wage to at least $10. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

Illinois governor presses bid to raise minimum wage

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Sen. Mark Kirk has formed a search committee to recommend a future federal judge for the Northern District of Illinois. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty images)

Mark Kirk names panel to recommend new federal judge for Illinois

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In this Dec. 24, 2013 file photo, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Chicago. The debate on raising Illinois’ minimum wage — an issue that’s percolated for years — could take center stage throughout the 2014 election season as Quinn vows to get legislation approved in Springfield by year’s end and Republicans work to fine tune their stances. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)
Campaigns

Minimum wage hike to test 2014 governor candidates

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The Chicago-area businessman wasn't charged in the Rob Blagojevich scandal, but is alleged to have
Politics

Feds to bring up Rod Blagojevich in Raghuveer Nayak sentencing

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On Jan. 21, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments by lawyers for eight women, all but one of whom look after family members, into whether Illinois' push to unionize them is constitutional. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Beltway Confidential

Meet the homemaker who could end Illinois’ push to unionize home health care

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