08.25.2008 7:48 pm

Lisa Madigan: A great night for Illinois

DENVER — Though Missouri’s Claire McCaskill will appear on stage, the first night at the convention will really be Illinois’ time to shine.

Illinois State Sen. Emil Jones Jr. — Barack Obama’s Springfield mentor — is set to speak in a little while.

Later, three…

Race and gender rift shakes up Obama’s home-state team

By Kevin McDermott

Post-Dispatch Springfield Bureau

DENVER — Issues of racism and sexism have broken open in the Illinois delegation to the Democratic National Convention in Denver today, hampering efforts of Barack Obama’s home team to show a united front to the country tonight.

It began when…

DNC speakers list missing IL Gov. Blagojevich?

By Adam Jadhav

I’m not the first person to note this, nor will I be the last.

I keep going over the latest names added to the speaker lineup at the DNC in Denver next week, and I have yet to see the name…

Lisa Madigan: A great night for Illinois

Race and gender rift shakes up Obama’s home-state team

DNC speakers list missing IL Gov. Blagojevich?

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