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Chicago news (Free subscription) | yesterday
Intense media coverage of the Illinois senator's trip has supporters of Republican John McCain crying, "Unfair!" They call it further evidence of a liberal bias. CBS 2's Political Editor Mike Flannery took their complaint to a conference of minority journalists meeting at McCormick Place.
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Chicago news (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
Presidential hopeful Barack Obama captured the world spotlight Thursday, giving his one public speech on his overseas tour. But does his apparent success in Europe translate to a boost in his poll numbers? CBS 2 Political Editor Mike Flannery reports.
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ILLINOIZE (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
The screws are turning on Governor Rod Blagojevich for cutting funding for substance abuse treatment and prevention by $110 million, or 48%, as well as Senate President Emil Jones for standing behind the cuts. Mike Flannery reports for CBS-2 Chicago in a piece entitled "Truth in Politics: Dumbest Budget Cut Ever?" One of the governor's cuts was $55 million in funding for drug- and alcohol-treatment...
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ILLINOIZE (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
CBS2 -- Truth In Politics: Dumbest Budget Cut Ever? Governor Cuts Funding To Money-Saving Drug- And Alcohol-Treatment Centers - Mike Flannery http://cbs2chicago.com/politics/truth.in.politics.2.778704.html (Includes video clip) ABC7 -- Group tries to keep Hillary's pres. candidacy alive - Andy Shaw http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story'section=news/local&id=6282893 (Includes video clip) PEORIA JOURNAL...
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Chicago news (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
The county board is still feeling the heat, over the new sales tax increase. But CBS 2 Political Editor Mike Flannery reports that on Tuesday, they shot down a measure that would have repealed the tax.
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Chicago news (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Cook County commissioners this afternoon defeated a resolution calling for the 1 percent county sales tax hike to be rescinded. CBS 2 Political Editor Mike Flannery reports.
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Chicago news (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
A local mother of four is pleading for her daughters to be brought home from the West Bank. The woman says the girls are being held captive there, by their own father. As CBS 2 Political Editor Mike Flannery reports, the Illinois woman hopes Sen. Barack Obama's trip to the Middle East will bring peace to her family.
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Chicago news (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
Among those expected to travel with Sen. Obama on his upcoming international journey is his longtime campaign advisor, David Axelrod. CBS 2's Political Editor Mike Flannery spoke with him late today about the promise and peril of the Illinois senator's trip.
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Chicago news (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Chicago's police superintendent is defending his department Thursday, saying violence is not out of control, despite what Gov. Rod Blagojevich says. But as CBS 2 Political Editor Mike Flannery reports, Supt. Jody Weis says he would accept help from the Illinois State Police.
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Chicago news (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
The Illinois House is debating billions of dollars in state spending this week. Action's been slow, in part because so many representatives are absent. In Wednesday's Truth In Politics, CBS 2 Political Editor Mike Flannery reports that State Rep. Rich Bradley was also absent from his second job at City Hall in Chicago, where he is paid $99,000 a year.
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Chicago news (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
The Illinois House is debating billions of dollars in state spending this week. Action's been slow, in part because so many representatives are absent. In Wednesday's Truth In Politics, CBS 2 Political Editor Mike Flannery reports that State Rep. Rich Bradley was also absent from his second job at City Hall in Chicago, where he is paid $99,000 a year.
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Chicago news (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
House members will get back to work Wednesday. They're trying to over-ride some of the cuts made by Governor Rod Blagojevich. But the state senate would have to go along with any changes, and there's no sign it wants to cooperate. CBS 2 Political Editor Mike Flannery reports there may be a reason for that having to do with pay raises for lawmakers.
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Chicago news (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
The New Yorker called it satire, but the Obama campaign wasn't laughing Monday after the magazine's latest cover portrayed the Democratic presidential candidate and his wife, Michelle, as Muslim terrorists. CBS 2 Political Editor Mike Flannery has reaction to the controversial caricature.
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Chicago news (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
New fundraising rules that are part of a new state government ethics bill were likely to take effect in the next few weeks. Meantime, it seems Gov. Rod Blagojevich suddenly has become very busy trying to restock his war chest. CBS 2 Political Editor Mike Flannery spoke exclusively with the governor about a fundraising tour that stopped in the Kenwood neighborhood Tuesday night.
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Chicago news (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008
Two suburban Republican lawmakers have been keeping an eye on the gas crisis. As CBS 2 Political Editor Mike Flannery reports, they believe America should spend billions of tax dollars to develop new sources of energy and end our addiction to foreign oil.
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