Politics News
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Prospect Hts. District 23 will seek tax hike to fund full-day kindergarten, building upgradesJan 25, 2023 5:30 AM - Security upgrades and full-day kindergarten will be on the ballot April 4, when Prospect Heights Elementary School District 23 asks voters to approve a tax rate increase.
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NRA sues over Illinois ban on semiautomatic weapons
Jan 24, 2023 10:25 PM - Illinois' 2-week-old ban on semiautomatic weapons outlaws "ubiquitous" firearms in "radical" defiance of the Constitution's Second Amendment, a federal lawsuit filed by the National Rifle Association Tuesday claims.
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Rosemont's Stephens adds GOP House leadership postJan 24, 2023 6:46 PM - Add one more title to Rosemont Mayor and state Rep. Brad Stephens' business card: Assistant House Minority Leader.
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Giannoulias makes modernization push as new secretary of stateJan 24, 2023 3:31 PM - For newly sworn-in Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, customer service is the central mission as he assumes the state's second-largest constitutional office, replacing the man who had held it for nearly a quarter century.
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Classified documents found at Mike Pence's home, lawyer says
Jan 24, 2023 2:06 PM - Documents with classified markings were discovered in former Vice President Mike Pence's Indiana home last week, his lawyer told the National Archives in a letter -- the latest in a string of discoveries of confidential information in private residences.
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Finland's top diplomat hints at joining NATO without Sweden
Jan 24, 2023 2:06 PM - Finland's foreign minister suggested Tuesday that the country may consider joining NATO without neighboring Sweden if Turkey continues to block their joint bid to enter the military alliance.
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Georgia election probe report to remain secret for now
Jan 24, 2023 2:06 PM - A judge said Tuesday that a final report produced by a special grand jury that investigated possible illegal interference in the 2020 presidential election in Georgia by then-President Donald Trump and his allies will remain under wraps for now.
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Treasury takes another 'extraordinary' step on debt limit
Jan 24, 2023 1:24 PM - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen sent a letter Tuesday to congressional leaders saying she's suspending the reinvestment of some federal bonds in a government workers' savings plan -- an additional "extraordinary" measure to buy time for President Joe Biden and Congress to raise the nation's debt limit.
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Palatine League of Women Voters hosts discussion of money and politics WednesdayJan 24, 2023 11:09 AM - The League of Women Voters of the Palatine area is hosting a virtual program Wednesday examining the ways money flows through our political system.
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Debt ceiling: 2011 showdown leaves lessons for Biden, GOP
Jan 24, 2023 10:40 AM - The debate around raising the debt ceiling sounds eerily similar: Newly elected House Republicans, eager to confront the Democratic president in the White House, refused to raise the debt limit without cuts to federal spending.
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