Pay, jobless benefits, food stamp aid would grow slightly
By Mike Dorning
Washington Bureau
February 1, 2009

WASHINGTON – For the more than 820,000 people in the state who are on the unemployment rolls, the immediate impact would be larger, a $25 per week boost in their benefits.
By April, families on food stamps would receive an increase in benefits. [...]

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By VOA News
17 December 2008
 

 
Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich says he hopes to tell his side of the story soon regarding charges he tried to sell the Senate seat left vacant by President-elect Barack Obama.

The embattled governor spoke with reporters briefly in the midwestern U.S. city of Chicago Wednesday, saying he is “dying” to talk to [...]

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