Articles filed under Democratic Party
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Greater Palatine Area Democrats starting monthly meetingsJan 24, 2019 12:00 am - Greater Palatine Area Democrats will launch a monthly public meeting program next week. The kickoff session is set for 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 28, at Palatine Public Librar...
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King events draw potential Democratic presidential hopefulsJan 22, 2019 6:00 am - COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - As Americans commemorated Martin Luther King Jr., Democratic presidential hopefuls fanned out across the country to honor the civil rights leader a...
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Crespo appointed assistant majority leader in state HouseJan 21, 2019 12:00 am - State Rep. Fred Crespo, a Democrat from Hoffman Estates, will serve as assistant majority leader of the State House of Representatives. "It is an honor to have been chos...
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Trump offers temporary protections for some immigrants in exchange for wall moneyJan 19, 2019 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump made a new offer Saturday to Democrats aimed at ending the 29-day partial government shutdown that would extend deportation protectio...
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Schneider appointed to powerful House Ways & MeansJan 09, 2019 12:00 am - U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider has been appointed to serve on the influential House Committee on Ways & Means for the 116th Congress. The committee, the oldest of the Congress...
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With fact checks: Trump, Democrats make their cases in border wall debateJan 08, 2019 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump made a televised plea for border wall funding Tuesday night, seeking an edge in the shutdown battle with congressional Democrats as h...
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No more GOP majority on Lake County Board: Sandy Hart named its first Democratic leaderDec 03, 2018 12:00 am - In the most significant symbol of the blue wave that swept over Lake County on Election Day, Sandy Hart has been named the county board's first Democratic leader. Hart, ...
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Foster: I won't support Pelosi as speaker without a succession planNov 29, 2018 12:00 am - U.S. Rep. Bill Foster remains opposed to Nancy Pelosi's bid to reclaim her role as House speaker unless she agrees to a succession plan to eventually relinquish the gave...
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Will Sandy Hart be the Lake County Board's first Democratic chairwoman?Nov 21, 2018 12:00 am - Support is growing among Lake County Board members to name Lake Bluff Democrat Sandy Hart the panel's next chairwoman. If selected by a majority of the 21-person panel, ...
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Democrats gain control of Lake County Board; Curran ousted as sheriffNov 20, 2018 12:00 am - With the last votes from the Nov. 6 election finally counted, Democrats have a majority on the Lake County Board for the first time in the county's 179-year history. And...