Articles filed under Misc Elections
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White House vows to help arm teachers, backs off raising age for buying gunsMar 12, 2018 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The White House on Sunday vowed to help provide "rigorous firearms training" to some schoolteachers and formally endorsed a bill to tighten the federal back...
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Trump says 'SNL' should bring back Darrell Hammond; Hammond says only if Lorne asksMar 09, 2018 12:00 am - Just after 6 a.m. last Friday, Darrell Hammond woke up to the rhythmic pinging of his cellphone. President Donald Trump, in the process of tweeting an attack on actor Al...
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Water district candidates weigh in on inspector general positionMar 09, 2018 12:00 am - For Democrat candidates, the question isn't whether the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District should have an inspector general to watch over its operations. Rather,...
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Is there pay-to-play politics at the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District?Mar 02, 2018 12:00 am - Democrats on the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District have awarded $722 million in government contracts to their campaign donors the past five years. At the same tim...
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Endorsements: Pappas for the Democratic nomination for Cook County treasurer.Mar 02, 2018 12:00 am - It's been two decades since Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas has faced opposition in a Democratic primary. So we're appreciative of Chicago CPA Peter Gariepy for his w...
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Cook treasurer candidates debate oversight of assessorFeb 27, 2018 12:00 am - Whether the office of Cook County treasurer should audit the county assessor - or be rolled into that of the county clerk - are two more issues on which the Democratic c...
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No-wake declared on Fox River, ChainFeb 26, 2018 12:00 am - No-wake status has been declared on the entire Fox River and Chain O' Lakes from the Wisconsin border to the Algonquin Dam in Algonquin, the Fox Waterway Agency announce...
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Cook County treasurer hopefuls debate improving officeFeb 24, 2018 12:00 am - Candidates in the Democratic primary for Cook County treasurer have differing opinions of what an office that doesn't vote on or assess anything can do to better serve i...
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Fox River declared no-wake between McHenry and Algonquin damsFeb 23, 2018 12:00 am - Due to extreme snow melt, heavy rains, and frozen ground, the Fox Waterway Agency has declared no-wake status on the lower Fox River. The lower river stretches from the ...
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Twitter suspends thousands of suspected bots, angering Trump boostersFeb 22, 2018 12:00 am - The social media service Twitter is believed to have suspended thousands of accounts for being automated bots, or for other policy violations, drawing outcry from fringe...