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...Such criticisms have been greeted with bemusement in Springfield....
...Mr Borgic also sits on the board of Central Illinois Foodbank, based in Springfield. He and other pig farmers have worked over the years to supply food banks with more protein including pork, he said....
...While the Democrats enjoy a majority in the General Assembly in Springfield, Illinois, passing a spending bill would require a three-fifths majority in the legislature....
...set up research centres jointly with the University of Southampton, the University of Birmingham, TU Dresden, Ruhr University Bochum and Czech Technical University in Europe, as well as the University of Illinois...
...“What’s happening now in Springfield is offensive to our values and who we are as a state,” Mr Pritzker wrote on his campaign website....
...Marc Daniels, a Jewish peace activist from Springfield, Illinois, said he had flown to Washington the night before to hand out what he was calling “judiciary yarmulkes”....
...Nine years ago he launched his campaign from the same steps in Springfield, Illinois, where Lincoln rose to prominence. He quoted the former president: “A house divided cannot stand.”...
...He added: “I am committed to focus on both reform and revenue to address Chicago’s fiscal crisis, and we will continue our work in Springfield and with our partners in labour to ensure we will always meet...
...By all accounts, the real power in Springfield, the state capital, lies with Michael Madigan, who has been speaker of the Illinois general assembly for all but two of the past 31 years....
...Springfield swooned, grateful at the opportunity to get back into the railway business....
...The Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille’s remarks regarding a divided ANC reminded me of Abraham Lincoln’s House Divided speech, delivered in Springfield, Illinois, on June 16 1858: “A house divided against...
...Mr Quinn, who will also forgo his own salary, had called legislators back to Springfield for a special session to address pensions, and set a Tuesday deadline for the legislature to send him a bill....
...“We all know that we must reform the Illinois public pension system,” he said in an address to legislators in the capital, Springfield. “So, members of the general assembly, what are you waiting for?”...
...Over time, it has absorbed operations as diverse as Queen Elizabeth’s brokers at Cazenove, the Corn Exchange Bank of New York and Springfield Marine and Fire Insurance of Illinois – which counted Abraham...
...Yet, as anyone who has recently paid a visit to Brussels or Delhi or London or indeed Springfield, Illinois, could attest, things could be much worse than they are....
...Roy Wehrle, University of Illinois, Springfield, IL, US...
...Speaking in Springfield, Illinois in January 1838, Abraham Lincoln told his audience that the greatest threat to America came not from overseas, but from the enemy within....
...The deal hatched in Springfield, Illinois’ capital, which still needs to be ratified by the state’s House of Representatives and Senate, reflects concern that the cash-strapped state could lose some of its...
...Critics say that in order to get paid, organisations need to have political influence and pull strings in Springfield, the state capital, while those without clout get ignored....
...Back in 2005 in Springfield, Massachusetts… What happened next currently has the mortgage and housing market palpitating....
...A new proposal was said to be circulating in Springfield, the state capital, on Monday in which income tax would be increased from 3 per cent to 4.75 per cent, with a lower-than-proposed hike in corporate...
...On a cold February day in Springfield, Illinois, three years ago, a young US senator announced he was going to run for the presidency. The country and the world faced huge challenges, he said....
...But in an election year, there is no political support in Springfield, the capital of Illinois, for another bond issue, particularly since it requires a two-thirds majority in the state legislature....
...Rather than attend the hearings in Springfield, he made his case in a series of television appearances on daytime programmes....
...“It is not the magnitude of our problems that concerns me the most,” said Mr Obama from the steps of the Illinois state capitol in Springfield. “It is the smallness of our politics . . ....
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