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President Obama announced Tuesday, he plans to move many of the Guantanamo Bay prisoners to Thomson Correctional Facility.

STATE TREASURER ISSUES BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON SALE OF SPRINGFIELD HOTEL TO HORVE Illinois State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias has issued a news release regarding the sale of the President Abraham Lincoln Hotel and Conference Center at public auction for $6.5 million on Monday, He said he is making good on his pledge to end a 29-year political and ...

The federal government will work to acquire a prison in Thomson, Ill., to house terror suspects now held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Cabinet officials said.

Republicans were lining up to criticize the Obama administration Tuesday over its decision to transfer detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to a prison in Illinois, accusing President Obama of increasing the threat to America's security by making the U.S. home to suspected terrorists.

Most of the displaced workers at the former Seaford Clothing Company just can't afford to pay nearly $600 a month for stop-gap COBRA medical coverage.

Part stimulus and part New Deal, Hare's proposal would put $60 billion in each of the next three years to create or retain jobs.

Two other Republican candidates asked us to share with IR readers that they, too, received endorsement from the Illinois Federation for Right to Life this week -- Republican candidate for Congress in the 17th District Bob Schilling and Republican candidate in the 41st State Rep race, Rafael Rivadeneira.

Hynes and Quinn clash - again. Reformers want a fairer way of setting political boundaries.

The switchboards and e-mail inboxes of members of Congress are not seeing much of a surge from President Obama's plan to send more U.S. troops into Afghanistan.

Liberal fat-cat Congressman Phil Hare is co-sponsoring a bill that would imposes a new tax on Wall Street in the middle of a recession.

As a society, we adhere to the basic premise that, in the proper setting, children will learn what they are taught.

A potential health care crisis is looming for thousands of unemployed Americans.

The New York Times recently unveiled a story about industry lobbyists and the power they have over the United States Congress.

A recent poll, that was commissioned by Quincynews.org and conducted by We Ask America, has found that if the election were held last week, 47 percent of voters would have voted against Congressman Phil Hare.

A Democratic political contingent led by U.S. Senator Dick Durbin toured the Thomson Correctional Center Saturday morning, then had lunch and a press conference at Buck's Barn.

Democrat Rep. Phil Hare today endorsed the plan to house enemy terrorists at the Thomson prison.

Posted on Nov 21, 2009 by Admin . U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, tells the media of his support for turning the Thomson Correctional Center in Thomson, Ill., into a federal prison that would hold terrorist detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Saturday, Nov.

No matter which side of the political divide you stand on - liberal or conservative, Republican or Democrat - one thing you want to believe about your elected representatives is that they think for themselves.

An Iowa Congressman is looking to put the brakes on proposed plans to move terror detainees being transferred from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to Thomson Correctional Center.

Rep. Phil Hare, D-Ill., endorsed the controversial proposed maximum-security prison for Illinois, with a snipe at Republican critics and an endorsement of its major job-creation benefits.