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Doug Scott was appointed by Governor Pat Quinn as chairman of the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) effective March 3, 2011. His term expires January 20, 2014. Prior to his appointment Scott served as director of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency from 2005 to 2011. During those years he chaired the Illinois Governor’s Climate Change and [...]

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Patrick Joseph “Pat” Quinn III (born December 16, 1948) is the 41st and current Governor of Illinois. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Previously elected three times to statewide office, Quinn was the sitting lieutenant governor and became governor on January 29, 2009, when the previous governor,Rod Blagojevich, was impeached and removed from office. Quinn was elected to the [...]

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3:25 p.m. CST, January 30, 2012 Backup diesel generators are supplying power to one of two units at Byron nuclear power plant after the plant lost power this morning.Viktoria Mitlyng, spokeswoman for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission‘s Region III office Lisle, said two diesel generators are keeping the plant cool, with battery backup systems at the ready as [...]

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9:31 a.m. CST       January 23, 2012 U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk has suffered a stroke and underwent surgery today at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, his office said. “On Saturday, Senator Kirk checked himself into Lake Forest Hospital, where doctors discovered a carotid artery dissection in the right side of his neck,” his office said in a statement. “He was [...]

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