He will launch a string of rallies with his running mate on Saturday in Springfield, Illinois.
Another story that I've read over and over comes from Kelly Wickham, an assistant principal in Springfield, Illinois.
Thousands of cheering supporters gathered Saturday for the rally in Springfield, Illinois, where Obama announced his candidacy last year.
His run for the presidency began on the steps of the old Statehouse in Springfield, Illinois, where Lincoln launched his bid for Congress.
NPR's Don Gonyea joins us from Springfield, Illinois, where there's going to be a rally in about three hours for the Democratic ticket.
One of the Cohen entities (Windsor I) purchased what was apparently a shopping mall in Springfield, Illinois, and in a convoluted series of transactions, eventually assignments of rentals ended up in another Cohen entity (Windsor II) after passing through an Illinois Land Trust.
The former state attorney general appeared before an impeachment committee of legislators in Springfield, Illinois, to explain his ties to the governor, who was arrested December 9 after federal prosecutors alleged that Blagojevich had tried to sell the seat for money and influence.
Some cities, such as Springfield, in Illinois, are taking more direct action.
Springfield, in central Illinois, got slammed with a record 17 inches of snow, and several central Indiana counties declared snow emergencies after getting hit with up to 8 inches of snow.
"More so than any other issue I can think of, this is an issue that is based on regional culture, " said Charles Wheeler III, director of the Public Affairs Reporting Program at the University of Illinois-Springfield.
Vallas got the job three years ago after the Republican-controlled Illinois state legislature in Springfield passed a sweeping reform bill that gave Mayor Daley effective control of the Chicago public school system.
This year's was the 145th Illinois State Fair, now held on the 366-acre fairground in the state capital of Springfield.
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