respublica (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
The trustees of Southwestern Illinois College (SWIC) unanimously selected Georgia Costello, the wife of Congressman Jerry Costello to be the school's next president. I'm of two minds about this. First, being the spouse of an important political person shouldn't automatically...
Catholic Fire (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
Inside Catholic has a list of the Ten Best Catholic Voting Records , which include the following: 1. Rep. Steve King (R-IA) 100% 2. Rep. Jim Marshall (D-GA)100% 3. Rep. Dave Camp (R-MI) 100% 4. Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS)100% 5. Sen. George Voinovich (R-OH) 100% 6. Rep. Jerry Costello (D-IL) 100% 7. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) 100% 8. Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY) 100% 9. Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM) 100% 10. Rep....
Phone Scoop (Free subscription) | 04/16/2008
Today two politicians proposed a bill, the HANG UP Act, that would make it illegal to engage in voice calls while in an airplane that's in the air. Rep. Peter DeFazio and Rep. Jerry Costello, both Democrats, argued that ... (follow link to read)
PrairieStateBlue - Front Page (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
With all the talk of superdelegates deciding the race between Clinton and Obama, I thought I'd take a look and see which way our Illinois superdelegates are turning: Obama Gov. Rod Blagojevich (IL) Sen. Barack Obama (IL) Sen. Dick Durbin (IL) Rep. Melissa Bean (IL) Rep. Jerry Costello (IL) Rep. Danny Davis (IL) Rep. Luis Gutierrez (IL) Rep. Phil Hare (IL) Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (IL) Rep. Bobby Rush...
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 12/23/2007
By Belleville News-Democrat, Ill. Dec. 23--Federal grants have been given to metro-east organizations for homeless assistance. The grants are from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Rep. Jerry Costello, D-Belleville, announced last week.
respublica (Free subscription) | 11/12/2007
Democrat Jerry Costello who has represented Illinois' 12th district in Congress for 20 some years will have a republican opponent in the November election. Tim Richardson, (26), is a navy veteran who now works at Scott Air Force base and...
