Mike Riopell
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Will Illinois hit new date to toughen driver's licenses?Jan 18, 2016 4:45 am - Though Illinois officials now have until 2018 to ensure residents won't need a passport to board domestic flights, it's unclear the state will be able to make that deadl...
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Durbin will back Rotering, Pelosi for SchneiderJan 16, 2016 11:01 pm - U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin will back Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering's primary bid for Congress, picking her over former U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider of Deerfield. And Schneid...
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A year after Rauner promised it, state still trying to post local salariesJan 13, 2016 10:00 pm - A year after Gov. Bruce Rauner directed his administration to help local governments start putting their employee salary data on a state website, the information still h...
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Suburban guests at Obama's speech welcome mention of addictionJan 13, 2016 12:00 am - Mark Filler of Highland Park felt conflicting emotions as he sat down in the U.S. Capitol to watch the State of the Union address Tuesday night. The longtime politics ju...
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Local lawmakers react to State of the Union speechJan 12, 2016 12:00 am - The president gets to give the State of the Union address, but local members of Congress are always ready to weigh in. Here's what they were saying Tuesday night. U.S. S...
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After one year, Rauner sounds familiar tuneJan 11, 2016 12:00 am - Gov. Bruce Rauner is marking his anniversary in office Tuesday by echoing some of the themes that got him into office, saying both that he's ready to compromise and crit...
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Some want a Chicago recall law. How did Buffalo Grove do it?Jan 07, 2016 12:00 am - A little more than five years ago, Buffalo Grove made local political history by recalling a trustee, Lisa Stone, removing her from her post on the village board before ...
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Dold uninvites his State of the Union guestJan 07, 2016 12:00 am - U.S. Rep. Bob Dold rescinded a guest's invitation to next week's State of the Union address after it was reported the guest's ex-wife once had a restraining order agains...
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Moeller gets good news from election board; appeal comingJan 07, 2016 12:00 am - Democratic state Rep. Anna Moeller of Elgin might have secured a spot on the March 15 primary ballot and saved her re-election bid after the Illinois State Board of Elec...
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Republican hopefuls get on the Illinois ballotJan 06, 2016 12:00 am - Republican presidential hopefuls Dr. Ben Carson, businesswoman Carly Fiorina, Ohio Gov. John Kasich, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio turned in conve...