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Glancing Back for Nov. 8: Jim Edgar to seek state rep. nomination

Journal Gazette 08 Nov 2025
100 years ago,Nov. 8, 1925Sunday. No paper ... People are also reading…. ICE comes to Southern Illinois ... Mt. Zion, Tuscola upset Charleston grad, EIU student Olivia Bennett making her name in true crime journalism Glancing Back for Nov. 5 ... John F ... Nov. 8 ... .
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IDNR to allocate trapping permits for Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area (Illinois Historic Preservation Agency)

Public Technologies 07 Oct 2025
). SPRINGFIELD - A public drawing for the allocation of trapping permits for Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area in Cass County will take place at 1.30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19 at the site office, 10149 County Highway 11, Chandlerville ... 1.
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Letter: Jim Edgar and conservation

The Pantagraph 26 Sep 2025
I appreciate the tribute to Jim Edgar on the front page on Sept. 16. However, there was one glaring omission. It failed to mention his extraordinary record on conservation ... .
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Jim Edgar crafted a blueprint for Illinois leadership

Vincennes Sun-Commercial 24 Sep 2025
Jim Edgar ran a brilliant campaign for governor in 1990. He set the template for every winning statewide race since then by focusing on the importance of independent suburban women ... .
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At memorial for Jim Edgar, former governor remembered for his compassion, integrity and honesty

Journal Courier 22 Sep 2025
The late former Gov. Jim Edgar was memorialized as a man whose compassion, integrity, and honesty showed he put people above politics ... .
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Jim Edgar, 79, popular moderate former governor of Illinois

The Buffalo News 22 Sep 2025
Jim Edgar, a two-term Republican governor of Illinois during the 1990s who was praised for his moderation and bipartisanship, died Sept. 14 in Springfield, Ill. He was 79 ....
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The casket of former Gov. Jim Edgar, surrounded by his grandchildren and their spouses, is ...

The Pantagraph 21 Sep 2025
The casket of former Gov. Jim Edgar, surrounded by his grandchildren and their spouses, is moved out of Central Baptist Church after his funeral service Sept. 20, 2025, in Springfield ... .
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At memorial for Jim Edgar, former governor remembered for compassion, integrity, honesty

Quad-City Times 21 Sep 2025
SPRINGFIELD — The late former Gov. Jim Edgar was memorialized Saturday as a man whose compassion, integrity, and honesty showed he put people above politics and led Illinois as a model of what competent governance used to be — and ... .
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RICH MILLER: Jim Edgar crafted blueprint for Illinois leadership

Herald & Review - Decatur 21 Sep 2025
Jim Edgar reshaped Illinois politics by winning over suburban women and staying true to his insistence that the state live within its means ... .
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At memorial for Jim Edgar, former Illinois governor remembered for his compassion, integrity and honesty

Hastings Tribune 21 Sep 2025
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The late former Gov. Jim Edgar was memorialized Saturday as a man whose compassion, integrity, and honesty showed he put people above politics and led Illinois as a model of what competent governance used to be — ... .
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Jim Edgar brought license plate production back to Illinois

Journal Gazette 21 Sep 2025
Jim Edgar, then the Illinois Secretary of State, and Paula Finn, then executive director of Macon County Rehabilitation Facilities, pose with the first license plate manufactured there in June 1983 ... Jim Edgar, who died Sept ... JIM EDGAR.
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Former Gov. Jim Edgar remembered as the 'gold standard' of public service at Springfield funeral

Chicago Sun-Times 21 Sep 2025
Jim Edgar in services Saturday at Central Baptist Church ... Republican Jim Edgar led Illinois through much of the 1990s, uniting Cook County and downstate Illinois ... Jim Edgar into Central Baptist Church in Springfield on Saturday.
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Photos: Former Gov. Jim Edgar lies in state

Chicago Tribune 20 Sep 2025
Jim Edgar lies in state a day ahead of funeral ... Jim Edgar lying in state at the Illinois Capitol in Springfield on Friday, a day before his funeral ... Jim Edgar lying in state at the Illinois State Capitol, Sept.
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Jim Edgar embodied the 'civility, compromise and compassion' he preached

Chicago Sun-Times 20 Sep 2025
Jim Edgar ran a brilliant campaign for governor in 1990 ... The Republican Edgar defeated a Catholic DemocratNeil Hartigan — in that race, with a boost from the National Abortion Rights Action League’s endorsement ... Jim Edgar passed away this month.
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