Articles filed under Political Figures
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Ex-Illinois Speaker Michael Madigan now says he's leaving House seat immediatelyFeb 18, 2021 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Michael Madigan, the Chicago Democrat who set much of Illinois' political agenda as House speaker for four decades before his ouster last month, announced ...
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Trump-McConnell feud threatens Republicans' path to powerFeb 18, 2021 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Former President Donald Trump is escalating a political war within his own party that could undermine the Republican push to fight President Joe Biden's age...
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Executioners sanitized accounts of deaths in federal casesFeb 17, 2021 12:00 am - Executioners who put 13 inmates to death in the last months of the Trump administration likened the process of dying by lethal injection to falling asleep and called gur...
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Pritzker's budget proposal would close 9 corporate tax loopholesFeb 17, 2021 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker's proposed $41.6 billion spending plan for the coming fiscal year relies, in part, on ending nine tax incentives for businesses in an ef...
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Murkowski says she can't fear fallout for impeachment voteFeb 17, 2021 12:00 am - JUNEAU, Alaska - Alaska Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski said Tuesday she knows her vote to convict former President Donald Trump during his recent Senate impeachment...
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Impeachment over, Congress shifts focus to security failuresFeb 17, 2021 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - In the still shaken and heavily guarded U.S. Capitol, thousands of National Guard troops still wander the halls. Glass windows remain broken. Doors swing wi...
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Rush Limbaugh, 'voice of American conservatism,' has diedFeb 17, 2021 12:00 am - Rush Limbaugh, the talk radio host who ripped into liberals and laid waste to political correctness with a captivating brand of malice that made him one of the most powe...
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Constable: Unlike dogs, not every president should have a dayFeb 16, 2021 4:30 am - Festive Americans celebrated Monday's Presidents Day holiday in traditional style - by forgoing mail service and saving up to 50% on best-selling, brand-name mattresses....
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Pritzker issues statewide disaster proclamation amid winter stormsFeb 16, 2021 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Dangerous subzero temperatures and massive snow accumulation across Illinois prompted Gov. J.B. Pritzker to issue a disaster proclamation for the entire st...
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Suburban Democrats eye education funding ahead of Pritzker budget proposalFeb 16, 2021 12:00 am - Suburban lawmakers are already picking sides ahead of Gov. J.B. Pritzker's budget address Wednesday where it is expected he will outline a budget proposal that includes ...