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  2. Kankakee State Hospital - Wikipedia

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    When the Board of State Commissioners of Public Charities was abolished in 1909, the institute was reorganized and renamed Kankakee State Hospital, effective January 1, 1910. In 1917, the Department of Public Welfare assumed responsibility for the Kankakee State Hospital and retained control until the creation of the Department of Mental Health ...

  3. Samuel Shapiro (Illinois politician) - Wikipedia

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    Kankakee, Illinois, U.S. Political party. Democratic. Education. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign ( LLB) Samuel Harvey Shapiro (born Israel Shapiro; April 25, 1907 – March 16, 1987) was an American politician, the 34th governor of Illinois, serving from 1968 to 1969. He was a member of the Democratic Party .

  4. List of people from Kankakee, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Mary K. O'Brien (born 1965), Illinois state legislator and judge, was born in Kankakee. Daniel H. Paddock (1852–1905), Illinois state representative and lawyer, lived in Kankakee. George Ryan (born 1934), 39th governor of Illinois; Samuel H. Shapiro (1907–1987), 34th Governor of Illinois, practiced law in Kankakee and died there at age 79

  5. Better Business Bureau - Wikipedia

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    The Better Business Bureau (BBB) is an American private, 501(c)(6) nonprofit organization founded in 1912. BBB's self-described mission is to focus on advancing marketplace trust, consisting of 92 independently incorporated local BBB organizations in the United States and Canada, coordinated under the International Association of Better Business Bureaus (IABBB) in Arlington, Virginia.

  6. Kankakee, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Kankakee ( / ˌkæŋkəˈkiː / KANG-kə-KEE) [3] is a city in and the county seat of Kankakee County, Illinois, United States. [4] Located on the Kankakee River, as of 2020, the city's population was 24,052. [5] Kankakee is a principal city of the Kankakee-Bourbonnais-Bradley Metropolitan Statistical Area. It serves as an anchor city in the ...

  7. Book Review: So you think the culture wars are new ... - AOL

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    In an enthralling new book about this little-known chapter in American theater history, Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro examines the short, tragic life of the Federal Theatre Project. From 1935 ...

  8. National Register of Historic Places listings in Kankakee ...

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    Location of Kankakee County in Illinois. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Kankakee County, Illinois. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Kankakee County, Illinois, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided ...

  9. Category:Unincorporated communities in Kankakee County ...

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    Pages in category "Unincorporated communities in Kankakee County, Illinois" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .