Articles filed under Politics
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Daily Herald columnist Jim Slusher: Join our discussion of election issues that need more attentionDec 22, 2022 12:00 am - Reliable, accessible, well-managed elections are the foundation of any well-functioning democracy. Even discounting the convulsive impact of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot and i...
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'This is a historic day': Vernon Township mental health board holds first meetingDec 22, 2022 12:00 am - Vernon Township's new community mental health board held its first meeting Wednesday, laying the foundation for its mission to support community-based agencies that assi...
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Guest Columnist Arthur I. Cyr: Remembering a Christmas that settled the fate of the worldDec 21, 2022 12:00 am - Christmas includes the anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge, the largest land battle fought by the United States. This was hell on earth. On December 16, 1944, Nazi Ge...
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Syndicated columnist Byron York: Most Americans don't know how bad the border crisis isDec 21, 2022 12:00 am - Soon we should see the most consequential development on the U.S.-Mexico border since January 2021, when President Joe Biden essentially opened the nation's doors to mil...
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Syndicated columnist Susan Estrich: Big cannabis and the research agendaDec 20, 2022 12:00 am - "Find a new vice," my doctor told me. Smoking one joint a day, he said, increases your risk of lung cancer by 8% each year. He is the top lung surgeon in town. I quit sm...
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U-46 will ask voters for money to rebuild aging schoolsDec 20, 2022 12:00 am - Voters in Elgin Area School District U-46 will decide this April if the district can issue bonds to rebuild and renovate older schools. School board members voted Monday...
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Police tell lawmakers they support a ban on high-powered riflesDec 20, 2022 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Some of the state's leading law enforcement officials on Tuesday urged lawmakers to pass a statewide ban on high-power, high-capacity weapons, which they s...
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Syndicated columnist Marc Munroe Dion: Still fighting Nazis, pink hair and allDec 20, 2022 12:00 am - Writing about Nazis, in fact any contact with Nazis, is like stepping in the leavings of a large dog who accidentally got into the Ex-Lax. It's gonna take longer to get ...
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In wake of election victories, advocates continue push for community mental health boardsDec 19, 2022 4:30 am - Mental health advocates in the suburbs persuaded voters in November to establish new community boards and a new tax that will fund local organizations that address menta...
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Jury selection begins in major 1/6 Proud Boys sedition trialDec 19, 2022 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Jury selection in the seditious conspiracy case against former Proud Boys national chairman Enrique Tarrio and four others charged in the attack on the U.S....