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Underwood's political action committee brought in donations totaling $214,000, records show
Oct 18, 2020 8:13 PM - A political action committee bearing U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood's name received more than $214,000 in donations and doled out $25,500 during the year's third quarter, newly released financial disclosure reports show. -
Biden's son introduced him to Ukraine energy official, New York Post says
Oct 14, 2020 1:17 PM - Vice President Joe Biden's son, Hunter, introduced him to a senior official from a Ukrainian energy firm that became the focus of controversy over the dismissal of a prosecutor who was investigating the company, the New York Post reported Wednesday, citing an email it said came from Hunter Biden. -
Biden visit Monday caps push into Ohio, once a longshot
Oct 12, 2020 6:57 AM - Joe Biden is set to make a general election campaign visit Monday to Ohio, signaling the former vice president's hopes of winning the state Democrats lost by a significant margin in the 2016 election.
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Buffalo Grove parks board member replaces Link in Illinois Senate
Oct 11, 2020 9:15 PM - Adriane Johnson, a Buffalo Grove Park District board member with a long history of community involvement, will fill the seat of disgraced former state Sen. Terry Link, local Democratic leaders announced Sunday night. -
Kifowit will challenge Madigan for speakership
Oct 1, 2020 6:00 PM - The longest-serving state legislative speaker in U.S. history will have a challenger from his own party in January. The Thursday announcement that Rep. Stephanie Kifowit, an Oswego Democrat representing the 84th House District, would challenge Chicago Democrat Michael Madigan as Illinois House speaker came just an hour before Republicans called a news conference to lay out their next steps in a noncriminal legislative probe of Madigan. -
Fact-checking Trump's, Biden's claims on virus, economy, health care, Big Ten football
Sep 30, 2020 6:34 AM - President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden sparred Tuesday in their first of three debates, hoping to sway undecided voters planning to cast ballots by mail and in person in the final weeks leading up to the Nov. 3 election. Here's a look at how their statements from Cleveland stack up with the facts. -
Apply for open state Senate seatSep 25, 2020 11:28 AM - Suburban Democratic Party leaders are accepting applications from people intereted in filling the vacant 30th state Senate District seat.
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'We have too many guns': Casten proposes national gun buyback program
Sep 24, 2020 6:27 PM - Already an outspoken proponent of stricter gun control laws, U.S. Rep. Sean Casten of Downers Grove has voiced support for a national buyback program in the U.S. -
Didech pulls name from consideration to replace Terry Link in Illinois Senate
Sep 23, 2020 6:44 PM - State Rep. Dan Didech, considered a front-runner to replace disgraced former state Sen. Terry Link, pulled his name from consideration in a surprise move Wednesday. -
Fact check: An occasional whopper at Joe Biden's CNN town hall
Sep 18, 2020 7:41 AM - A Joe Biden town hall does not hit the Pinocchio meter as much as a Donald Trump town hall. Biden tends to stick close to the facts but occasionally gets carried away with some over-exuberance. Here are five claims that caught our attention during his CNN town hall in Moosic, Pa., moderated by Anderson Cooper.
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