Articles filed under Political Figures
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Federal prosecutor will stay on job in Chicago for nowFeb 23, 2021 12:00 am - John Lausch will remain on the job as the Chicago-based U.S. attorney until his successor is chosen and will not be forced to resign at the end of the month. Illinois De...
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Pritzker signs criminal justice billFeb 22, 2021 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a criminal justice omnibus bill backed by the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus Monday, abolishing cash bail, overhauling police ...
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Supreme Court won't halt turnover of Trump's tax recordsFeb 22, 2021 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - In a significant defeat for former President Donald Trump, the Supreme Court on Monday declined to step in to halt the turnover of his tax records to a New ...
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Kinzinger snaps back at suburban Republican group after latest party censureFeb 19, 2021 12:00 am - U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger has been castigated by another Republican Party organization within the 16th District for voting to impeach then-President Donald Trump - and he...
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COVID-19 inoculations rise, but so do tensions over dose distributionFeb 18, 2021 12:00 am - As Illinois nears 2 million COVID-19 vaccines administered despite weather-related delays, tensions rose among some suburban leaders over the scant supply of doses. A to...
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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...