Articles filed under Misc Elections
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Illinois delegates in a survey identify one priority for their candidates: Fix the economyAug 25, 2012 11:00 pm - As the economy has struggled, so have the suburbs. While the Chicago-area unemployment rate has dropped a full 2½ points since 2009, 8.8 percent of workers remain jobles...
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Republican platform won’t spare mortgage tax deduction from cutsAug 25, 2012 11:00 pm - Republican platform drafters refused to put their party on record for preserving the mortgage- interest deduction, giving Mitt Romney more flexibility to promote his pla...
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Ex-Obama supporters disillusioned on South SideAug 25, 2012 8:13 am - He still walks the same streets here as his old acquaintance Barack Obama once did. That is about all they have in common anymore. At 50, Chicago activist Mark Allen li...
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2013 school board election information announcedAug 24, 2012 1:54 pm - The election process is gearing up for the April 9, 2013, school board elections. Des Plaines Elementary School District 62 announced that nominating petition forms for ...
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AP Exclusive: Romney uses secretive data-miningAug 24, 2012 8:38 am - WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney’s success in raising hundreds of millions of dollars in the costliest presidential race ever can be traced in part to a secretive data-mining pr...
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Bain documents offer details on Romney holdingsAug 24, 2012 7:09 am - WASHINGTON — The release of more than 900 pages of internal Bain Capital investment documents by a media website Thursday offered new details on holdings owned by GOP pr...
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Isaac could shake up security for GOP conventionAug 23, 2012 8:56 pm - TAMPA, Fla. — Tropical Storm Isaac could force a shakeup of the security plans for the GOP convention in Tampa, because about half of the expected officers come from oth...
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Romney promises energy independence by 2020Aug 23, 2012 7:06 pm - HOBBS, N.M. — Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney promised on Thursday to aggressively expand off-shore oil drilling along Virginia, North Carolina and the Gul...
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Politics by demographics: Obama hunts for votesAug 23, 2012 10:21 am - WASHINGTON — For all the recent diversions over Medicare and abortion, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is still running a campaign that paints with a broad...
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Clinton pitches for Obama in new campaign adAug 23, 2012 10:15 am - WASHINGTON — Former President Bill Clinton is promoting President Barack Obama in a new presidential campaign ad, the first to feature the two-term Democrat. Clinton sa...