Seniors, unemployed fight ComEd’s rate hike request
Betty Kenny, a 77-year-old retired nurse and South Side Kenwood resident, lives on $844 in monthly Social Security payments and little else, and so she struggles to pay her $60 to $70 monthly electric bill.She was one of a dozen elderly and unemployed people who pleaded with the Illinois Commerce Commision at a hearing Thursday to reject Commonwealth Edison’s request for a rate increase and a …
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Iraq protesters accuse security troops of beatings
Several Iraqis among a crowd of protesters in Baghdad accused security forces Friday of detaining and beating them for taking part in earlier demonstrations calling for better services and a corruption-free government.
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Mike Hogan’s votes are record of contender’s priorities
Jacksonville voters still trying to figure out mayoral frontrunner Mike Hogan could get to know him, for better or worse, by a hard look at his voting record.
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Iraqi PM defends performance in face of protests
Iraq’s prime minister Thursday defended his government’s performance in the face of protesters demanding more jobs, better services and less corruption – charging that lawmakers were just as much to blame for the…
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