Articles filed under Political Figures
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Mendoza: Rauner needs to act now to help pay down overdue billsJul 26, 2017 1:00 am - Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza urged Gov. Bruce Rauner today to act quickly to use his new bonding authority to access up to $6 billion to help pay down the state's...
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Trump tells Emanuel 'get tough' on Chicago murdersJul 25, 2017 11:00 pm - President Donald Trump again highlighted Chicago's problems with crime, telling Mayor Rahm Emanuel - not using his name - "to get tough." "This month in Chicago, there h...
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Trump vents anew on Sessions, who's under pressure to quitJul 25, 2017 1:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump turned up the heat on Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Tuesday, launching a fresh Twitter tirade against him while musing priva...
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Trump brings political attacks to the Boy Scouts jamboreeJul 25, 2017 1:00 am - Ahead of President Donald Trump's appearance Monday at the National Scout Jamboree in West Virginia, the troops were offered some advice on the gathering's official blog...
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Rauner: Talk of discrimination against CPS "hurtful" and untrueJul 24, 2017 1:00 am - Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner said Monday that accusations that he cares less about predominantly minority students in Chicago Public Schools are "hurtful" and that he "c...
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Kushner: I did not collude with RussiaJul 24, 2017 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's senior adviser and son-in-law, spent about two hours Monday answering questions from Senate investigators about his ...
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Here's what happens if governor vetoes just part of school funding billJul 24, 2017 1:00 am - Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner says he plans to strike portions of a controversial school funding bill should it reach his desk. If he does use an amendatory veto to remov...
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Rauner: Madigan promotes property taxes for personal profitJul 24, 2017 1:00 am - Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan deliberately advances policies that promote high property taxes out of a "stunning conflict of interest" that has made him weal...
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Editorial: Rauner, Madigan duel; legislators flee in frustrationJul 22, 2017 2:00 pm - Elaine Nekritz has always struck us as one of the lights in the darkness, a state legislator whose heart is in the right place, who got involved in politics not out of a...
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Sean Spicer resigns as White House press secretaryJul 21, 2017 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - White House press secretary Sean Spicer, President Donald Trump's embattled spokesman during the first six months of his presidency, is resigning his positi...