Articles filed under Political Figures
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Key figure in Rauner's administration steps downJul 02, 2016 1:00 am - Linda Lingle, a key figure in Gov. Bruce Rauner's administration, stepped down Friday, the governor's office said. Lingle, who served as Hawaii's governor from 2002 to 2...
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Fact Checker: Pro-Trump group's ad misrepresents Hillary Clinton's comments about womenJun 29, 2016 1:00 am - "So who is all for women until she isn't? When Bill Cosby was accused of sexual assault, Mrs. Clinton tweeted, 'Every survivor of sexual assault deserves to be believed....
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Rauner: Compromise near on partial-year budgetJun 27, 2016 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner said Monday he's close to a compromise with Democratic lawmakers on a partial-year budget plan with just three days left in the ...
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Analysis: Stop underestimating Trump. 'Brexit' vote shows why he can win.Jun 24, 2016 1:00 am - Britain's stunning vote to leave the European Union suggests that we've been seriously underestimating Donald Trump's ability to win the presidential election. When you ...
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Dennis Hastert reports to Minnesota federal prisonJun 22, 2016 1:00 am - Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert wheeled himself into a federal prison in Minnesota on Wednesday to serve his 15-month sentence in a hush-money case involving re...
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Suburban, downstate families shouldn't pay for Chicago's messJun 22, 2016 1:00 am - “No matter how this session unfolds, send that education bill to my desk — CLEAN — NO GAMES — and I'll sign it immediately,” — Governor Bruce Rauner, February 17, 2016 “...
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How the 'glass ceiling' became such a powerful - and problematic - metaphorJun 19, 2016 7:15 am - Hillary Clinton cracked another glass ceiling when she reached the number of delegates needed in the Democratic primary race to become the first female presumptive presi...
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Report: Hastert to serve sentence in MinnesotaJun 17, 2016 1:00 am - Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert will serve his prison sentence at the U.S. medical prison in Rochester, Minnesota, ABC Channel 7 reported Friday, citing federal...
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Cook County made huge error on Trump Tower tax billJun 14, 2016 11:00 pm - For the past six years, Cook County tax officials mistakenly believed billionaire Donald Trump didn't pay all the property taxes owed on his namesake Chicago skyscraper,...
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Obama assails Trump in dispute over use of 'radical Islam' labelJun 14, 2016 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama angrily denounced Donald Trump's anti-Muslim rhetoric on Tuesday, blasting the views of the presumptive Republican presidential nomin...