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Special meeting update
May 18, 2012 by - Mike Kroll
Light at the end of the tunnel for state and local pensions?
May 18, 2012 by - CBPP
Special meeting request filed with city clerk
May 18, 2012 by - Mike Kroll
Remember Stuxnet?
May 18, 2012 by - ProPublica
Monmouth College seeking accreditation for Business programs
May 18, 2012 by - Barry McNamara

Latest Sports

Galesburg wins a triangular track meet held in Knoxville.
April 20, 2012 by - Del Mecum
The Prairie Fire defeat the Eureka College Red Devils 9–0.
April 20, 2012 by - Del Mecum
Knoxville Blue Bullets lose to the Sherrard Tigers 6–5
April 6, 2012 by - Del Mecum
Streaks beat U-High 8–2
April 2, 2012 by - Del Mecum
CSC splits doubleheader with Elgin
April 2, 2012 by - Del Mecum

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The commencement address that won’t be given
May 19, 2012 by - Robert Reich
How odd that Mitt’s smitten with Clinton
May 18, 2012 by - Robert Reich
Citizen civics: the movie
May 17, 2012 by - Mike Kroll
Speaker Boehner’s recent remarks concerning the debt limit
May 17, 2012 by - CBPP
Bucking banking anger at local level
May 17, 2012 by - Bill Knight

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Congressional Family Life

Jan22

Principles we practice

on January 22nd, 2012 at 9:00 am

By Christie Schilling

I have to say that probably the best part of being a Congres­sional family are the wonderful people we meet and get to spend time with.

We spent this Martin Luther King Day at the King Center in Rock Island. As Bobby, …

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Nov13

Human monuments to freedom

on November 13th, 2011 at 8:00 am

By Christie Schilling

This past month I had the priv­ilege to spend a week in Wash­ington, D.C. with Bobby as he headed to work. In DC, the spouses of congressmen are permitted access to many of the same places as the member with the …

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Oct16

How’s it going?

on October 16th, 2011 at 8:00 am

By Christie Schilling

Being the mom of ten and the wife of a newly elected congressman, people are always asking, “How are things are going” and “What’s it like now that life has changed for you?”

“How do you do it?” is probably the …

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Sep18

What 9–11 means to me

on September 18th, 2011 at 8:00 am

By Christie Schilling

This past weekend was one of solemn remem­brance. Bobby, the kids and I spent Sunday going to September 11 Remem­brance Cere­monies in Kewanee, Galesburg and then back home to Colona.

Every one of the cere­monies was a beau­tiful tribute to remem­bering what …

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Aug07

“When is dad coming home?”

on August 7th, 2011 at 6:00 am

By Christie Schilling

Now that we have lived through the whirl wind of a campaign, election, and the adjustment to being a congres­sional family, we have settled into a perse­vering kind of routine.

Bobby has dug in and is working very hard for our district and …

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