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Lisa Madigan is Illinois' Attorney General. She was re-elected Nov. 7, 2006 for her second four-year term. During her tenure, Madigan has advocated protections for women and the elderly. She was instrumental in implementing laws to stop the creation and distribution of methamphetamine. The adopted daughter of longstanding powerhouse House Speaker Michael Madigan (D-Chicago), Madigan was dogged by accusations that she was riding on her father's coattails during her first bid for the office. With 50 percent of the vote, Madigan narrowly beat Republican Joe Birkett, 47 percent, in 2002; in her re-election bid in 2006, Madigan captured 72 percent of the vote. Madigan has frequently butted heads...
Lisa Madigan is Illinois' Attorney General. She was re-elected Nov. 7, 2006 for her second four-year term. During her tenure, Madigan has advocated protections for women and the elderly. She was instrumental in implementing laws to stop the creation and distribution of methamphetamine. The adopted daughter of longstanding powerhouse House Speaker Michael Madigan (D-Chicago), Madigan was dogged by accusations that she was riding on her father's coattails during her first bid for the office. With 50 percent of the vote, Madigan narrowly beat Republican Joe Birkett, 47 percent, in 2002; in her re-election bid in 2006, Madigan captured 72 percent of the vote. Madigan has frequently butted heads with the legal team for Gov. Rod Blagojevich on various issues, including public disclosure. Many have speculated Madigan has her eyes on the governor's office.
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Safe Toys 'R' Us
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is supposed to ensure the safety of most children's products. But the CPSC, as Tribune reporters have detailed over the last year and a half, has often fallen down on the job. A Simplicity crib with fatal design...Tags: Toys, Baby Products, Games, and Toys, Consumer Confidence, Product Recalls, Baby Products
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Madigan opposes Nicor rate hike request
Illinois Atty. Gen. Lisa Madigan objected Thursday to a rate increase requested by Nicor Gas, filing written testimony saying that the utility would collect a delivery charge regardless of how much natural gas a customer used. When Naperville-based Nicor...Tags: Naperville, Nicor Incorporated
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Dangerous bassinets still on shelves
Chicago Tribune reporterFederal regulators urged retailers to pull more Simplicity bassinets from their shelves after Illinois attorney general staffers purchased models that could kill a baby but were excluded from a federal alert issued last week. The most troubling aspect of...Tags: Product Recalls, Consumers, Imports, Burlington, Metal and Mineral
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State sues 2 Orland Park car dealerships over allegedly deceptive mailing
The Illinois attorney general's office has filed suit against two Orland Park car dealerships, alleging they sent deceptive direct-mail ads that implied consumers' vehicles were under government recall. Atty. Gen. Lisa Madigan said Wednesday that...Tags: Orland Park, Infiniti, Office Needs, Vehicles, Nissan
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UPDATE: 900,000 bassinets dangerous
Chicago Tribune reportersFederal regulators on Thursday night directed retailers across the country to stop selling and to recall nearly 900,000 dangerous bassinets, one of the largest child product safety actions in years. The move followed a day of confusion for consumers,...Tags: Product Recalls, Consumers, Burlington, Sales, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
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State sues 2 Orland Park dealerships over allegedly deceptive vehicle-recall mailing
The Illinois attorney general's office has filed suit against two Orland Park car dealerships, alleging they sent deceptive direct-mail advertisements that implied consumers' vehicles were under government recall. Atty. Gen. Lisa Madigan said Wednesday...Tags: Trials, Orland Park, Consumers, Office Needs, Vehicles
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Behind scenes, Illinoisans jockey for position
Chicago Tribune correspondentDENVER — Illinois delegates will tell you without exception that their appearance at the Democratic National Convention was all about celebrating favorite son Sen. Barack Obama's nomination for president. However, a closer look at the state's...Tags: Rod Blagojevich, Executive Branch, John McCain, Dan Hynes, Regional Authority
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Provena Covenant's tax-exempt status again in question
Tribune reporterAn Urbana hospital's property-tax exemption is again in jeopardy. In the back-and-forth saga that swirls around whether Provena Covenant Medical Center is a nonprofit charitable institution deserving a tax exemption, an Illinois state appeals court...Tags: State Budgets, Hospitals and Clinics, Local Authority, Mokena, Illinois Supreme Court
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Democrats make history behind Obama
Chicago Tribune correspondentDENVER — Democrats swept away more than 200 years of history on Wednesday and nominated Barack Obama for the White House, a milestone punctuated by former President Bill Clinton's declaration that the first African-American standard-bearer of a...Tags: Primaries, The White House, Denver Broncos, John McCain, Hillary Clinton
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Political abuse
How dare Senate President Emil Jones Jr. compare what he is doing for his son to Michael Madigan's helping Lisa Madigan ("Family first a political tradition, Jones insists," Metro, Aug. 20)? Lisa Madigan ran in the primary to earn the right to be on...Tags: Elections, Referenda, Political Candidates, Voting, Emil Jones
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At odds: State's top Democrats
Gov. Rod Blagojevich: Elected as a reformer but quickly lost credibility among many of his own party mates in the legislature, whom he frequently browbeats in trying to whip up voter support for his populist agenda. House Speaker Michael Madigan:...Tags: Rod Blagojevich, Executive Branch, Regional Authority, Emil Jones, Michael Madigan
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Land of Lincoln is a house divided
Tribune correspondentDENVER — Barack Obama's home state delegation at the Democratic National Convention was a picture of dysfunction Monday even as some top state leaders took the podium in an attempt to portray a state party enthusiastically behind its favorite son...Tags: Executive Branch, Dan Hynes, Parties and Movements, Hillary Clinton, Values
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