Articles filed under Political Figures
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Pritzker won't follow Biden's lead on vaccine requirement just yetSep 09, 2021 1:00 am - Governor urges shots, but unvaccinated workers still can submit to weekly tests
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'Our patience is wearing thin': Biden tells employers of 100+ to require vaccines or testsSep 09, 2021 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - In his most forceful pandemic actions and words, President Joe Biden on Thursday announced sweeping new federal vaccine requirements affecting as many as 10...
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'Easiest decision I've ever made:' United Airlines volunteers help in Afghan evacuationSep 05, 2021 1:00 am - In 1988, a frightened 6-year-old fled tumult in Iran and boarded a jetliner on a journey to France and later America. The kindness of strangers — flight attendants — pro...
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Pritzker vows to protect abortion rights in IllinoisSep 02, 2021 1:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Thursday that he's "very concerned" about the U.S. Supreme Court's decision not to block a new Texas law banning most abortions in the state, and...
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Analysis: War is over but not Biden's Afghanistan challengesAug 31, 2021 1:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - With the final stream of U.S. cargo planes soaring over the peaks of the Hindu Kush, President Joe Biden fulfilled a campaign promise to end America's ...
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Biden praises airlift, defends departure from 'forever war'Aug 31, 2021 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Addressing the nation, a defensive President Joe Biden on Tuesday called the U.S. military airlift to extract more than 120,000 Afghans, Americans and other...
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Arlington Heights school loses state recognition over masksAug 30, 2021 1:00 am - A private school in Arlington Heights recently joined other educational institutions disciplined by the state for flouting a universal mask mandate intended to prevent t...
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Governor sends ethics bill back to lawmakersAug 30, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - An ethics bill that was hotly debated during the spring legislative session is headed back to the General Assembly with a request for a technical change, b...
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State eviction moratorium stands despite U.S. Supreme Court decisionAug 27, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - While the U.S. Supreme Court vacated a federal eviction moratorium Thursday, a recently extended state stay on residential eviction enforcement remains in ...
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Biden promise to strike extremists faces new Afghan realityAug 27, 2021 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - By promising to strike the extremists who killed 13 Americans and dozens of Afghans, President Joe Biden now confronts the reality of finding and targeting ...