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  • For Immediate Release - May 19, 2012Contact 312-201-9000 info@ilgop.org Today, Republican County Chairmen from the 14 counties that comprise Illinois' 13th Congressional District nominated Taylorville resident Rodney Davis to be the Republican candidate in the November election. "With Rodney Davis as our nominee, the 13th Congressional District is staying in...

  • TINLEY PARK, Ill., May 17, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- In 2004 and 2008, Illinois Republicans held their Conventions downstate. For the 2012 Illinois Republican State Convention on June 8-9, the thinking was to change locations and find a suitable Chicagoland meeting facility. The wish list included a state-of-the-art facility, an...

  • By Alex RoartyThe Great Recession took a sledgehammer to young job-seekers. As a Rutgers University study released this week reported, only half -- 51 percent -- of college graduates since 2006 are employed full-time. Eleven percent of them, the study found, are unemployed -- a figure well above the national...

 
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