Articles filed under 14th Congressional District
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Walsh faces tough fight ahead in re-election bid to CongressAug 14, 2011 12:00 am - Clapping his hands, Joe Walsh strides into a room at Richard Walker's Pancake House in Crystal Lake on a sunny Saturday morning. He is wearing worn blue crocs, a red po...
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Kane Dems eyeing shot at county board chairmanshipAug 04, 2011 1:00 am - If Kane County politics were a baseball game, then Democrats would be the Chicago Cubs. It’s been more than a century since they’ve occupied the county board’s chairman ...
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Suburban reps play key roles in debt ceiling stormJul 31, 2011 11:00 pm - With hours to go before a potential government default, members of Republican leadership Monday, including Congressman Peter Roskam of Wheaton, were walking the marble h...
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Liberals, tea partyers in suburbs protest debt ceiling movesJul 26, 2011 12:00 am - In his Monday evening prime-time speech, President Barack Obama decried the “partisan three-ring circus” in Washington that has so far failed to reach a compromise on ra...
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Hultgren’s party line support bad for 14thJul 12, 2011 3:00 am - Rep. Randy Hultgren has gone too far in his support of the Republican leadership’s agenda. He is now a champion in an effort to role back protection of America’s water s...
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McConnaughay's bid for state senate may revive polticial rivalryJun 29, 2011 12:00 am - With a familiar political theme of reducing government debt, reforming the state pension system and creating new jobs, Kane County Board Chairman Karen McConnaughay made...
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Larkin student excels in ... everythingJun 23, 2011 12:00 am - Art teacher Ed Pieske knew Lucy Miller would get an award for being the school's most talented painter at last month's celebration of outstanding seniors at Larkin High ...
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’Burbs flex muscle in new congressional mapJun 06, 2011 12:00 am - Thanks to Democratic state lawmakers, a Cubs fan who lives in Addison can head more than two dozen miles east to Wrigley Field at Addison and Sheffield in Chicago, never...
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Don’t balance budget on backs of poorJun 03, 2011 12:00 am - Dear Congressman Hultgren, We are deeply disappointed in your vote for Paul Ryan’s “Path to Prosperity.” We take exception to both the politics and the economics of this...
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Congressional map sent to Quinn amid GOP protestsMay 31, 2011 12:00 am - A map drawn by Democrats that could reduce Republican representation in Congress by stretching and skewing suburban district boundary lines was sent to Gov. Pat Quinn’s ...