Articles filed under Political Parties
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Rosemont mayor appointed state representativeJun 29, 2019 1:00 am - Rosemont Mayor Brad Stephens is about to become very busy. City and suburban Republicans on Saturday unanimously elected the three-term mayor to serve as state represen...
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Biden defends past work on civil rights after Harris attackJun 28, 2019 1:00 am - Joe Biden defended his civil rights record on Friday, pledging to be a "president who stands against racism, the forces of intolerance." The former vice president and De...
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Fact-checking night 2 of the Democratic debateJun 28, 2019 1:00 am - The second round of the first Democratic debate again featured 10 candidates armed with talking points that only occasionally went awry. Here's a roundup of 14 statement...
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Stephens in line to be chosen as state Rep. McAuliffe's replacementJun 27, 2019 1:00 am - Republican committeemen will meet in Chicago's Edison Park neighborhood Saturday to pick a replacement for outgoing state Rep. Michael McAuliffe, with all signs pointing...
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Fact-checking the first Democratic debateJun 27, 2019 1:00 am - Here's a roundup of 13 statements that caught our attention. "A two-trillion tax cut that favored corporations." - former congressman Beto O'Rourke of Texas. O'Ro...
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GOP aims to copy Dem fundraising power with new online toolJun 24, 2019 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans launched a new mobile donation platform on Monday that they hope will rival ActBlue, the Democrats' internet-based fundraising behemoth. Ca...
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Here's a roundup of the Democratic presidential candidatesJun 20, 2019 1:00 am - These profiles were compiled by Ballotpedia, which obtained information from the candidates' campaigns and national media reports. Candidates participating in Wednesday'...
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Did Biden go green enough? Green New Deal advocates splitJun 07, 2019 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The climate change activists who vaulted the Green New Deal to prominence in the 2020 presidential campaign got what they wanted this week: a Democrati...
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GOP adviser rejects deal to lobby against Russia sanctionsMay 16, 2019 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - A GOP political consultant and one of President Donald Trump's harshest Republican critics has backed out of a six-figure agreement to lobby against po...
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House GOP releases one-page state budget proposalMay 16, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois House Republicans called a news conference Thursday to unveil a "fiscal year 2020 balanced budget proposal" in the form of a one-page document det...