...a stint at AT&T, Rogers worked for Larry Levy, the restaurant and real estate developer. From there, former Gov. Jim Edgar, a Republican, appointed Rogers lottery chief. Rogers even attended the 1992 GOP convention as an alternate delegate. Another person...
...are vying to fill the spot held by the late U.S. Sen. Paul Simon and Mike Lawrence, a veteran journalist and staff member of Gov. Jim Edgar. All three candidates give "all the more reason to expect that the institute will continue to serve the way Paul expected...
...in other ways. And opponents of a convention should help them. After all, it was anti-convention people, such as former Gov. Jim Edgar, who said Illinois has a political problem not a constitutional problem. Convention opponents said changes could be made...
...Shore Gas, and leading a social-networking program at Allstate Insurance, and managing the state lottery for former Governor Jim Edgar of Illinois. Ms. Rogers is also a frequent presence on the Chicago social circuit. On Nov. 14, Ms. Rogers hosted a birthday...
...much about the possibility when he took part in a news conference at the Capitol this week as co-chair, with former Gov. Jim Edgar, of a new group formed to try and fix what ails education in Illinois. "I'll talk to you next year," he said of the idea that...
... "I don't think it makes any sense when you are celebrating the bicentennial of Lincoln's,'' said former Gov. Jim Edgar. A 50 percent cut in Illinois' historic preservation budget means we're losing a chance to visit some Land of Lincoln landmarks, not just...
...held the institute's founder, U.S. Sen. Paul Simon, and then by Mike Lawrence, a veteran journalist and a member of Gov. Jim Edgar's staff. "I am very pleased with the credentials and the quality of these three finalists," John Jackson, a visiting professor...
...first who have said they want to try. The new organization, called Advance Illinois, is chaired by former Republican Gov. Jim Edgar and Democrat former federal Commerce Secretary Bill Daley. Another member of the group is former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert. Their...
...- "Does any one know where we can get a copy of the state budget and the expences for each year for each year from the time Jim Edgar left office? I would like to see how much we went in the hole each year. " I, too, am interested. " " I just absolutely love...
...of Democrats---President-elect Barack Obama and U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton. Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert and former Gov. Jim Edgar liked the notion of Obama appointing Clinton as his secretary of state. "Hillary Clinton has certainly traveled the world,...