Articles filed under Political Figures
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Months after Trump pardon, Casey Urlacher files to run for state Senate seatMay 07, 2021 1:00 am - Just months after being pardoned by then-President Donald Trump while facing illegal gambling charges, newly reelected Mettawa Mayor Casey Urlacher again is setting his ...
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Illinois attorney general responds to cybersecurity attack, audit warningMay 06, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul on Wednesday addressed the recent cyber breach of his office's online network, as well as an audit of his office rele...
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Pritzker now says budget can include added $350 million for schoolsMay 06, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Citing an "improved" economic outlook, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Thursday his support to increase evidence-based education funding in the state by $350 ...
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Facebook board upholds Trump ban, just not an indefinite oneMay 05, 2021 1:00 am - Editor's note: This story has been corrected to note that the board has not upheld a permanent ban of Trump. Former President Donald Trump won't return to Facebook...
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Catholic leaders oppose governor's proposed change to scholarship tax creditsMay 04, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Catholic Conference of Illinois is lobbying against proposed tax changes for the 2022 fiscal year that would reduce an income tax credit gained for don...
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Illinois won't issue vaccination passports, Pritzker saysApr 30, 2021 1:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker is taking a pass on the "Vax Pass." Days after Chicago public health officials teased the idea of a COVID-19 vaccine passport that residents would nee...
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GOP's Sen. Scott suggests Democrats use race as political weaponApr 29, 2021 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Sen. Tim Scott accused Democrats on Wednesday of dividing the country and suggested they're wielding race as "a political weapon," using the official Republ...
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Pritzker releases new plan for spending Volkswagen settlementApr 29, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker's administration released a revised plan for how to spend the state's share of a multibillion-dollar Volkswagen settlement for violating...
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Pritzker unveils energy plan amid session's final stretchApr 29, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker's office unveiled a 900-page energy overhaul bill Wednesday, accelerating a yearslong negotiating process which advocates hope will end ...
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AP Fact Check: Biden skews record on migrants, support for his spending plansApr 29, 2021 12:05 am - WASHINGTON - Taking a swipe at his predecessor, President Joe Biden gave a distorted account of the historical forces driving migrants to the U.S. border, glossing over ...