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  • Dem supermajorities sworn in at Illinois Capitol

  • New veto-proof Democratic majorities were sworn into office in both chambers of the Illinois General Assembly Wednesday, and leaders vowed to keep trying to solve the state's worst-in-the-nation pension problem after talks collapsed at the end of the lame-duck session.

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    • SPRINGFIELD
    By JOHN O'CONNOR,Associated Press
    SOPHIA TAREEN,Associated Press
    Updated Jan. 9, 2013 @ 4:03 pm
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