Articles filed under Political Figures
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Suburbs worry about bottleneck with COVID-19 vaccination eligibility set to expandApr 05, 2021 1:00 am - Illinois' COVID-19 vaccine expansion to all residents 16 and older beginning next week is causing concern in Cook and some collar counties about meeting the demand for s...
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Madigan collects $7,093 in first state pension checkApr 02, 2021 1:00 am - Former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan, who resigned amid an ongoing federal investigation, just collected his first pension check - the initial payment in wha...
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Pritzker signs Morrison's vote-by-mail expansion legislation into lawApr 02, 2021 1:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday signed legislation that will allow expand the use of ballot drop boxes and curbside voting in Illinois elections. The law takes effect immed...
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Path from Clinton to Biden takes U-turn on debt, trade, moreMar 28, 2021 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - When Bill Clinton spoke of how to build a bridge to the 21st century, it was to be constructed with balanced budgets, welfare recipients who found jobs...
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Dominion Voting sues Fox for $1.6 billion over 2020 election claimsMar 26, 2021 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Dominion Voting Systems filed a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News on Friday, arguing the cable news giant, in an effort to boost faltering ra...
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Health care reform bill will head to governorMar 25, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A massive health care reform bill, the fourth and final pillar of the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus agenda, passed the state Senate on Thursday, the fi...
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Biden leaves door open for Senate change to pass agendaMar 25, 2021 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden at his first news conference Thursday left the door open to pushing for fundamental changes in Senate procedures to muscle key elements ...
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Pritzker signs economic equity packageMar 23, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a package of four bills Tuesday that made up the "economic access, equity and opportunity" pillar of the Illinois Legislative Bla...
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Facts matter: Biden exaggerated March 6 vaccine numbersMar 20, 2021 1:00 am - During a recent event with CEOs of health companies Johnson & Johnson and Merck, President Joe Biden touted the success his administration has had with getting Americans...
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COVID-19 update: 91,684 more vaccinations, 34 more deaths, 2,325 new casesMar 18, 2021 1:00 am - New cases of COVID-19 totaled 2,325 Thursday with 34 more deaths from the respiratory disease, the Illinois Department of Public Health reported. Since the pandemic bega...