Articles filed under Political Figures
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Milley defends calls to Chinese at end of Trump presidencySep 28, 2021 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The top U.S. military officer told Congress on Tuesday that he knew former President Donald Trump wasn't planning to attack China and that it was his job to...
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Pritzker OKs legislative maps despite criticism from Republicans, minority voter groupsSep 24, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday signed off on new electoral maps the legislature will use for the next decade, despite concerns from certain groups, including...
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Illinois to invest more than $40 million in workforce trainingSep 23, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Thursday that the state will award more than $40 million in workforce training grants, focusing on communities hardest hit by ...
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Hearing delayed in school workers' court fight about COVID-19 vaccination mandateSep 23, 2021 1:00 am - A hearing on a request to prohibit St. Charles and Geneva schools from enforcing the state's COVID-19 vaccination mandate on school employees has been delayed. Kane Coun...
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Biden coming back to Illinois, plans to encourage COVID-19 shotsSep 23, 2021 1:00 am - President Joe Biden will make his second trip to Illinois since July, arriving in Chicago Wednesday to push COVID-19 vaccines with a focus on employers. The president wi...
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U.S. special envoy to Haiti resigns over migrant expulsionsSep 23, 2021 1:00 am - The Biden administration's special envoy to Haiti resigned in protest of "inhumane" large-scale expulsions of Haitian migrants to their homeland as it is wracked by civi...
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EPA rule sharply limits HFCs, gases used as refrigerantsSep 23, 2021 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - In what officials call a key step to combat climate change, the Environmental Protection Agency is sharply limiting domestic production and use of hydrofluo...
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Tensions grow as U.S., allies deepen Indo-Pacific involvementSep 23, 2021 1:00 am - BANGKOK - With increasingly strong talk in support of Taiwan, a new deal to supply Australia with nuclear submarines, and the launch of a European strategy for greater e...
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Biden doubles U.S. global donation of COVID-19 vaccine shotsSep 22, 2021 1:00 am - President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that the United States is doubling its purchase of Pfizer's COVID-19 shots to share with the world to 1 billion doses as he embra...
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Cook measures lowest COVID-19 transmission rate in state, but it's not out of the woodsSep 21, 2021 1:00 am - This story has been updated to correct the seven-day case positivity rate. Cook County maintains the lowest COVID-19 transmissibility rate in Illinois per capita, f...