Articles filed under Politics
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Daily Herald columnist Jim Slusher: Humanity, the news and creatures in crisisJan 12, 2023 12:00 am - I have a personal memory that seems relevant to a recent story in the news. I am called to my front door on a warm day in July. I look out to find four barefoot boys, ra...
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Syndicated columnist Elwood Watson: Amid McCarthy drama, Republicans tried to play the race cardJan 12, 2023 12:00 am - The drama surrounding Rep. Kevin McCarthy's speakership bid remains nothing short of surreal. It took 15 bids to secure the votes required to become speaker of the House...
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Bill guaranteeing workers five days of paid leave will head to governorJan 12, 2023 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A bill that would guarantee a minimum of 40 hours of paid leave per year for all Illinois workers passed both chambers of the General Assembly on Tuesday, ...
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Roselle Public Library District sends bond request to votersJan 11, 2023 10:00 pm - At the Jan. 11 meeting, the Roselle Public Library District board announced it is pursuing a $22 million bond referendum to raise revenue to erect and furnish a new libr...
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Inauguration speeches hint at growing partisan divide in General AssemblyJan 11, 2023 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Incumbents and newly minted lawmakers were sworn into their terms in the 103rd General Assembly on Wednesday following a hectic week of late action by the ...
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Northern Illinois sheriffs announce they won't enforce firearms banJan 11, 2023 12:00 am - County sheriffs across northern Illinois announced Wednesday they won't enforce a new law which in part requires owners of semiautomatic firearms to register their weapo...
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U.S. to max out on debt soon, setting up political fightJan 11, 2023 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - The federal government is on track to max out on its $31.4 trillion borrowing authority as soon as this month, starting the clock on an expected standoff be...
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Gun shop owners say they'll keep high-powered inventory in storageJan 11, 2023 12:00 am - In the days before Illinois' assault weapons ban was signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Tuesday, business ticked up at Maxon Shooter's Supplies, a gun shop in suburban Des ...
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Syndicated columnist Jamie Stiehm: New Year's light on lies clears the airJan 11, 2023 12:00 am - They thought they'd fool the grown-ups and get away with it all. George Santos and Sam Bankman-Fried are arrivistes in their 30s. A coincidence? I think not. Yet it's no...
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Madigan quipped that his associates 'have made out like bandits' from ComEd deals, feds sayJan 11, 2023 12:00 am - In summer 2018, months before it became apparent they were the targets of a federal investigation, then-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was reminded by a longtime...