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  GOP state lawmakers join Supreme Court brief asking to reject challenge to compulsory union fees

  By Jonathan Bilyk | Tuesday, Jan 23, 2018 @ 9:39am

  A group of nine Republicans currently serving in the Illinois General Assembly, including two rookie state lawmakers, have signed their names to a brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the court to uphold the state’s ability to allow unions to extract fees from government employees who don’t wish to join a union, arguing the country’s founding federalist principles should allow the 50 states to decide such policy questions for themselves.

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• Poll: Trump leads by wide margin in most Metro East legislative districts

  By Ruth de Jauregui, Metro East Sun | Tuesday, Nov 1, 2016 @ 1:04pm

  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is leading in several downstate districts, according to a recent poll.

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