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Posted by Illinois Issues blog 3 years ago.
By Bethany Jaeger and Patrick OBrienThe state will continue to operate with some funding increases for education and human services, but schools and transportation districts across the state will continue to wait for state funding for badly needed constr...
Posted by Jerome Prophet 3 years ago.
Opeth - In My Time Of Need.. A Spooky Peak A Booby Jerome ProphetYou followed me alrightI knew that you knewAnd you knew that I knewIt was like love at first sightWe knew that it was trueIt was those kisses that you blewYou spied on me real tightIt was a ...
Posted by honey & quinine 3 years ago.
Poets a challenge for you: Say aloud the title above as written. Now do the same with Beer and Donuts For Dinner. Which has the more poetic “ring”
If you said the title as posted, my vote is there as well because the rythm seems more natural:...
Posted by Illinois Channel 3 years ago.
FROM The Times, NWI.com. Saturday, May 31, 2008 | SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Illinois lawmakers overwhelmingly approved legislation to weaken the link between campaign contributions and state contracts, but Gov. Rod Blagojevich signaled Saturday that he wou...
Posted by Illinois Channel 3 years ago.
from the Chicago Tribune, May 31, 2008
SPRINGFIELD - UPDATE: Illinois lawmakers passed a $60 billion state spending plan Saturday but couldn't agree on a separate, statewide construction bill to fund new schools, roads and bridges.The Democrats who...
Posted by Jerome Prophet 3 years ago.
..Dear Father:You died many years ago. I love you. And I respect you in many ways.Long ago you made some mistakes which I know you later learned to regret.Father, you grew up dirt poor, to an abusive father, my grandfather - who was the genesis of so mu...
Posted by Techno-News Blog 3 years ago.
Posted by Techno-News Blog 3 years ago.
Posted by Techno-News Blog 3 years ago.
Posted by Springfield Daily Photo 3 years ago.
It looks like this kid not only has a car, but a playhouse with a DirecTV dish. I wonder if there's a plasma flat screen in there too.
Posted by Springfield Locavore 3 years ago.
Andy Heck, Hill Street Farm, originally uploaded by Wally Hartshorn. We got our the third week's bag from our Hill Street Farm CSA membership. Rather than show you yet another photo of fresh produce, I decided to show you one...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 years ago.
* 6:08 pm - Reports from inside that Speaker Madigan would run a different, scaled back capital plan and tell the Senate to take it or leave it were denied by Madigan’s spokesman.
The Senate-passed version has language that requires all the fundin...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 years ago.
* 6:08 pm - Reports from inside that Speaker Madigan would run a different, scaled back capital plan and tell the Senate to take it or leave it were denied by Madigan’s spokesman.
The Senate-passed version has language that requires all the fundin...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 years ago.
* 6:08 pm - Reports from inside that Speaker Madigan would run a different, scaled back capital plan and tell the Senate to take it or leave it were denied by Madigan’s spokesman.
The Senate-passed version has language that requires all the fundin...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 years ago.
* 6:08 pm - Reports from inside that Speaker Madigan would run a different, scaled back capital plan and tell the Senate to take it or leave it were denied by Madigan’s spokesman.
The Senate-passed version has language that requires all the fundin...
Posted by Matt Penning Images 3 years ago.
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Posted by Matt Penning Images 3 years ago.
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.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }I’ve been wanting to do one like this for a while.
Today, I did.
My tripod ...
Posted by honey & quinine 3 years ago.
It was a dark and stormy Friday night. To hear local TV weatherguru Gus talk about it as the big blow blew through you’d have thought the city was experiencing the onset of the apocalypse. It was a wet and windy precursor to what dawned clear blue ...
Posted by Master of my Domicile… yeah, RIGHT 3 years ago.
This is kind of getting to be old hat, unfortunately.
Pirates 22, Marlins 18.
Actually, it wasn’t a “bad” game, considering each team only had 8 kids. I think most of the rest probably just assumed we wouldn’t be playing today due...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 years ago.
* 2:50 pm - One piece of the capital projects package is approved…
The Illinois Senate has approved the lease of the Illinois Lottery to help pay for public works construction projects.
The chamber voted 43-8 to approve the plan in which a private...
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