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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onSeptember 18, 2012
Anthony Williams, who's running against Jesse Jackson Jr. in November, doesn't think Chicago should have to wait any longer for the politician to recover from his illnesses.
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by Hillary Crosley onSeptember 8, 2012
Following a depression program at the Mayo Clinic, the politician is back in Washington.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onAugust 13, 2012
The Mayo Clinic, where the congressman is being treated, detailed his condition in a statement released today.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onAugust 10, 2012
An aide says the congressman, who is reportedly being treated for depression, is "like his old self."
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by Lynette Holloway onJuly 13, 2012
The Chicago mayor argues that Congress will still be there when the lawmaker is ready to return to work.
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July 13, 2012
Journal-isms: A veteran Chicago TV critic prompted the city's news outlets to get to the bottom of his absence.
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by Lynette Holloway onJuly 11, 2012
More details emerge about the Illinois lawmaker's whereabouts, health and prognosis.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onJuly 5, 2012
"He has grappled with certain physical and emotional ailments privately for a long period of time," the Illinois congressman's office says.
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by Lynette Holloway onMarch 27, 2012
After winning a tough race, the Illinois congressman talks about the ethics probe and his priorities.
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by Laura S. Washington onNovember 8, 2011
Support from the president may be enough to save Rep. Jesse Jackson's "gnarly political skin," Laura S. Washington writes in her Chicago Sun-Times column.
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