Illinois Attorney General

Former Illinois Attorney General wants to be governor

KHQA - Local News (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009

Jim Ryan says he will run for Illinois governor. He ran before and lost to Blagojevich in 2002.

Illinois GOP Gets Another Loser Candidate For Governor

Advance Indiana (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009

I see things aren't getting any brighter in my home state of Illinois for the GOP. Today, former Illinois Attorney General Jim Ryan announced he will seek the governor's office in 2010 as a Republican. Ryan lost badly to Rod Blagojevich when he first ran for governor in 2002. Jim Ryan's campaign wasn't helped by the fact that he shared the same last name of the outgoing...

Monday Illinois political docket: Jim Ryan comeback begins, Roland Burris health care speech

Clout St (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009

Posted by Tribune staff at 5 a.m. A look at what's going on in Illinois politics Monday: *Jim Ryan, the former Illinois attorney general, formally starts his political comeback attempt. Aides said Sunday that the campaign will be filing today...

Senate Committee Holds Hearing On ENDA; Religious Exemption Discussed

Religion Clause (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

... has posted the full text of their statements. Craig L. Parshall, Senior Vice-President and General Counsel of the National Religious Broadcasters argued that the bill threatens the constitutional rights of religious employers. ( Full text of testimony .) He claimed that the exemption in Sec. 6 is inadequate. Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan ( full text of testimony...

'Paid in full' but left in a lurch

Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009

... to pay off the Chase loan bounced. After months of phone calls and letters between Franson, his attorney and the companies involved, Chase filed foreclosure papers in Circuit Court.For consumers refinancing mortgages, sitting down in a sterile conference room of a title company is considered the last step, a formality, in the loan process. After signing a thick stack of documents, borrowers...

Ill. governor candidates split on health care

Daily Advance - Business (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009

CHICAGO — Candidates for Illinois governor are split over a national health care plan with all...

Ill. governor candidates split on health care

Rocky Mount Telegram - Business (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009

CHICAGO — Candidates for Illinois governor are split over a national health care plan with all...

Ill. governor candidates split on health care

Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

Candidates for Illinois governor are split over a national health care plan with all but one Republican saying the state should opt out if it can, a position rejected by Democrats Pat Quinn and Dan Hynes.

• Ill. governor candidates split on health care - Daily Advance - Business
• Ill. governor candidates split on health care - Rocky Mount Telegram - Business
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Republicans Ready To Rumble

Chicagoist (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

... Senator Andy McKenna, Former State GOP Chairman Dan Proft, Publicist, commentator Jim Ryan, Former Illinois Attorney General Bob Schillerstrom, DuPage County Board Chairman As for what to expect tonight, WBEZ's Sam Hudzik chatted with Illinois GOP chair Pat Brady and here's what he said: BRADY: We're not allowing any bomb-throwing in the sense of negative attacks based...

Ill. governor candidates split on health care

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

CHICAGO -- Candidates for Illinois governor are split over a national health care plan with all but one Republican saying the state should opt out if it can, a position rejected by Democrats Pat Quinn and Dan Hynes.

Opposition Rises in Verizon Frontier Deal

State Journal Featured Content (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

Consumer advocates in several states, along with the Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan and the staff of the Washington Utilities & Transportation Commission are asking the Federal Communications Commission to deny the deal between Verizon and Frontier. Verizon is attempting to sell around 4.8 million land lines across 14 states, including West Virginia, to Frontier Communications....

Jim Ryan officially enters Ill gov race

Marathon Pundit (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009

Former Illinois Attorney General Jim Ryan, an Elmhurst Republican, announced that he's running for governor yesterday in Springfield. Chicago Reporter publisher Alden Loury, appearing on WTTW's Chicago Tonight, talks about Ryan's appeal to Land of Lincoln voters: Click here to visit the Jim Ryan site. Technorati tags: Illinois illinois politics Republican jim ryan...

Ex-priest McCormack fails in bid to seal records in commitment battle

Chicago Breaking News (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009

A judge today denied a request from a convicted former priest to seal records and keep private most of the court proceedings on whether he should be committed under a state statute for sex offenders. Under the Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act, the Illinois attorney general and the Cook County state's attorney filed a joint petition in September to have Daniel McCormack...

Judge puts restraining order on Ill. abortion law

Sify (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

Just hours after a state board voted Wednesday to allow the enforcement of a long-debated Illinois law requiring a teenage girl's parents be notified before she has an abortion, a judge issued a

• Judge puts restraining order on Ill. abortion law - Seattle Post-Intelligencer
• Judge puts restraining order on Ill. abortion law - Examiner

Judge puts restraining order on Ill. abortion law

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

CHICAGO -- Just hours after a state board voted Wednesday to allow the enforcement of a long-debated Illinois law requiring a teenage girl's parents be notified before she has an abortion, a judge issued a temporary restraining order putting the measure back on hold.