Opinion
Editorial Cartoon
State legislators leaving office with the job not yet finished
By DENNIS GRUBAUGH There’s a low, flat rumbling on the horizon, and one who didn’t know better would think it was residents caravanning out of state. This parade, though, is filing out of the Illinois Legislature. At last count, 24 veteran statesmen were calling it quits, having had enough of the legislative business to last…
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