Articles filed under Misc Elections
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School, library, sales tax requests to be decided in Tuesday’s electionMar 17, 2024 11:46 pm - Voters throughout the suburbs on will weigh in Tuesday on whether to build new schools, increase sales taxes, construct a new library and more. The two biggest ballot mea...
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Cary says home rule has ‘no downside,’ but opponents see it as a license to taxMar 14, 2024 8:40 pm - The village of Cary seeks to be a home-rule municipality to have more control over funds and ordinances. But opponents say that increased local power is why Cary shouldn’...
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Few voters decide fate of most ballot questions, study showsMar 12, 2024 2:56 pm - For every voter who cast a ballot last April to decide the fate of Batavia Unit District 101’s request to borrow $140 million to rebuild and renovate multiple schools, tw...
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As Election Day nears, Casten far better funded than challengersMar 12, 2024 1:37 pm - U.S. Rep. Sean Casten of Downers Grove entered the closing weeks of his Democratic primary race vastly better funded than his two challengers, records show. Casten, w...
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Foster and Rashid have some common ground on Gaza — but plenty of differencesMar 11, 2024 9:31 am - The Democratic candidates for Illinois’ 11th Congressional District seats have similar stances about the war in Gaza — but one goes further than the other in criticizing ...
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McConnell endorses Trump for presidentMar 06, 2024 10:27 am - WASHINGTON — Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell endorsed Donald Trump for president on Wednesday, a remarkable turnaround from the onetime critic who blamed the the...
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Nikki Haley will suspend her campaign and leave Donald Trump as the last major Republican candidateMar 06, 2024 7:06 am - NEW YORK — Nikki Haley will suspend her presidential campaign Wednesday after being soundly defeated across the country on Super Tuesday, according to people familiar wit...
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Super Tuesday takeaways: Biden and Trump momentum can't be slowed, Haley looks to suspend campaignMar 06, 2024 6:51 am - WASHINGTON — The picture of the presidential race has hardly been cloudy for some time, even if it is one that most voters say they don't want to see. On not-so-Super Tu...
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McConnell weighs endorsing Trump. It's a stark turnaround after the Jan. 6, 2021, attackMar 05, 2024 7:13 am - WASHINGTON — Senate leader Mitch McConnell is the highest-ranking Republican in Congress who has yet to endorse Donald Trump's bid to return to the White House — having o...
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Coast-to-coast Super Tuesday contests poised to move Biden and Trump closer to November rematchMar 05, 2024 6:46 am - WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are poised to move much closer to winning their parties' nominations Tuesday during the biggest day of ...