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1. Ill. measure seeks to name roadway for late Rep. Wyvetter Younge
2. Illinois pushes back primaries, after moving them up for Obama
3. Billie Boykins dies; former city official, state legislator
4. Missouri Senate advances legislation that would ban “K2″
5. Ending employee discounts at Illinois universities unlikely this year
6. Costello resisting White House pleas on health-care
7. Illinois primary moving back to March
8. Former alderman McGuire lastest to file for Storch’s House seat
9. Madigan says skipping two-week Ill. legislature’s spring break is ‘under review’
10. Sinquefield’s institute now subject to earnings tax

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