Articles filed under 14th Congressional District
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Suburban members of Congress sound off on SyriaSep 10, 2013 4:00 pm - After President Barack Obama's address on Syria Tuesday, federal lawmakers from the suburbs are split over how to proceed. Several local members of Congress offered thou...
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Rep. Hultgren says border security is first step to immigration reformAug 31, 2013 8:00 am - Though he is open to some form of leniency for undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children, Congressman Randy Hultgren said this week he is not in favor of t...
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Hultgren says U.S. should intervene in SyriaAug 27, 2013 3:00 pm - Though he did not go as far as his Republican colleague in the Senate, congressman Randy Hultgren said Tuesday he supports some form of U.S. intervention in Syria. Hultg...
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Some locals still fighting Common CoreAug 18, 2013 8:03 am - The new Common Core State Standards for reading and math are not without their critics. Erin Raasch, a Villa Park mom, runs the website StopCommonCoreIL.org. She aggrega...
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New curriculum standards change suburban classroomsAug 18, 2013 8:00 am - Times are changing, and classrooms are changing along with them. For this year’s start of the eighth-grade math class Evan Borkowski teaches at Algonquin Middle School,...
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Democrat Anderson will run for Hultgren’s seatAug 15, 2013 6:00 pm - Democrat Dennis Anderson of Gurnee is planning a second run for the congressional seat now held by Republican U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren of Winfield. Anderson lost to Hult...
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Democrats, Independents start new political action groupJul 30, 2013 3:03 pm - Submitted by DIFF Progressives in the Illinois 14th Congressional District recently formed a new organization. Now registered as a political action group named Democrats...
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Hastert goes to the mat to reinstate Olympic wrestlingMay 02, 2013 9:07 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert spoke before the Illinois House and Senate Thursday to urge the International Olympic Committee to add wrestling b...
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GOP governor contenders mostly mum on BradyJan 24, 2013 4:15 am - There are a host of divergent views on whether Illinois GOP Chairman Pat Brady of St. Charles should keep his party post after voicing his support for same-sex marriage....
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Brady still thinking about a second term as chairJan 24, 2013 4:15 am - On their signature day at the Illinois State Fair in August 2009, Republicans found themselves scrambling to name a new chairman. Shortly after Andy McKenna resigned hi...