Articles filed under Political Figures
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Pritzker paints two budget pictures: one with graduated tax, one withoutFeb 19, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker has tied his second-year state budget proposal to the unfinished marquee policy initiative of his first year - a constitutional amendmen...
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Trump pardons ex-San Francisco 49ers owner DeBartolo Jr.Feb 18, 2020 12:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump on Tuesday pardoned Edward DeBartolo Jr., the former San Francisco 49ers owner convicted in a gambling fraud scandal who built o...
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Blagojevich is out of prison, back home; ex-Naperville hospital CEO calls commutation 'appalling'Feb 18, 2020 12:00 am - Disgraced former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is out of federal prison after President Donald Trump on Tuesday commuted his sentence, telling reporters the 14-year pris...
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'It sends a bad message': Republicans, others decry Blagojevich commutation; Durbin doesn'tFeb 18, 2020 12:00 am - President Donald Trump's commuting of Gov. Rod Blagojevich's prison sentence Tuesday upended some political norms. GOP lawmakers criticized the Republican president and ...
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5 things you might have forgotten about Rod Blagojevich and his trialFeb 18, 2020 12:00 am - There were many tentacles to the investigation of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, including suburban connections and a relationship with President Donald Trump. Here are fi...
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Pritzker plans $147 million boost for DCFSFeb 17, 2020 12:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker's second-year budget will include a $147 million increase in funding for DCFS to boost staffing and increase support for investigations. The Democrati...
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Trump's story about veteran's comeback was not quite trueFeb 14, 2020 12:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Tony Rankins, a formerly homeless, drug-addicted Army veteran, got a standing ovation at the State of the Union after President Donald Trump described ho...
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Ahead of budget address, Pritzker touts $225 million in efficienciesFeb 14, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Friday his administration has already identified $225 million in budget savings for the upcoming fiscal year, and as muc...
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Trump says he has right to intervene after Barr rebukes himFeb 14, 2020 12:00 am - Donald Trump maintained Friday that he has the legal right to intervene in criminal cases in response to Attorney General William Barr's criticism that the president's t...
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Barr swipes at Trump: Tweets make it 'impossible' to do jobFeb 14, 2020 12:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Attorney General William Barr publicly swiped at President Donald Trump on Thursday, declaring the president's tweets about Justice Department prosecut...