Jim Edgar, 79, Popular and Moderate Republican Governor of Illinois, Dies

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In the 1990s, he compromised with Democrats, backed abortion rights, increased spending for schools and used an income-tax hike to help tame a huge budget deficit.

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Jim Edgar, 79, Popular and Moderate Republican Governor of Illinois, Dies

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