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ALEXANDER COOLEY is the Claire Tow Professor of Political Science at Barnard College and Senior Nonresident Fellow at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. DANIEL NEXON is a Professor in the ...

The governor said his staff, legislators and Bears representatives met Wednesday for three hours to discuss legislation that might be needed for the team to build a stadium in Arlington Heights.