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...minted lawyer specializing in civil rights cases and lecturing at the university's law school. In 1996 he won his first political election to represent Hyde Park in the state senate, using legal challenges to keep rivals off the ballot. But after three years in the state capital of Springfield, he got restless and turned an eye to the seat for the First Congressional District of Illinois...
...contest raised another question that haunts Obama to this day: Does he have the will to win? Halfway through the race, he took his family to Hawaii for Christmas, missing a key vote in Springfield on legislation to make illegal gun possession a felony. The measure was intended to deter violence in the kind of gun-ravaged neighborhoods he was seeking to represent. Illinois's governor, who called a special session to pass the measure, pleaded with Obama to come back. His staff did too. But Obama, who had previously supported the bill, refused to return for the vote...
With Hull and Hynes likely to split the white vote, Obama would need blanket support from African Americans. But in seven years in Springfield, he was best known for passing ethics reform. The GOP majority hadn't made it any easier to pass social-justice legislation. Now Jones was in control of the body and its agenda. He picked Obama to steer and ultimately get credit for laws that passed in the second half of 2003 after years of demands by the black community: death-penalty reform, taping of homicide interrogations, fattening tax credits for the working poor...
...depth reporting on the ethanol and biofuel rip-off. Are we as a nation so inept? Can't we figure out why prices for eggs and other groceries have gone up 30% in the past year? Please keep on top of this issue. David Jennings, SPRINGFIELD...
...movement of the puck.”Despite the adjustment process, Taylor and MacDonald have already started proving that they belong in professional hockey. The forward earned first-star honors in just his second game with the Wolf Pack, logging two goals and an assist against Springfield. Meanwhile, the blueliner impressed the Sharks enough that the club announced on Tuesday that he had signed with the organization for a long-term contract (the terms of which, as per team policy, were not disclosed).“We have enjoyed watching David’s progress at Harvard since we drafted...