Articles filed under Political Parties
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Obama takes on college costs, eyes young votersApr 24, 2012 10:55 am - WASHINGTON — Wooing young voters, President Barack Obama is on a blitz to keep the cost of college loans from soaring for millions of students, taking his message to thr...
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Axelrod: ‘Take charge of your own future’Apr 23, 2012 10:02 pm - David Axelrod is focused on November and the four years that could potentially follow. He hopes young people, however, have their sights set further into the future. Axe...
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Dee Beaubien announces independent run for 52nd House DistrictApr 23, 2012 3:37 pm - Dee Beaubien believes she has no choice but to run as an independent in the 52nd House District race after David McSweeney’s win in the GOP primary last month. In McSwee...
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A prescription for saving our fiscal health?Apr 23, 2012 5:00 am - Gov. Pat Quinn did last week what his bipartisan working group of legislators and others could not: He outlined a plan to cut $2.7 billion from the state's Medicaid budg...
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Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch forced into primary fightApr 21, 2012 5:37 pm - SANDY, Utah — Utah Republicans denied U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch a clear path to a seventh and final term Saturday, forcing the 78-year-old lawmaker into a June primary with ...
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Beaubien’s widow to announce House runApr 20, 2012 4:43 pm - Dee Beaubien, widow of late Republican state Rep. Mark Beaubien of Barrington Hills, will announce her intention Monday to run as an independent in the 52nd District sta...
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Romney has $10M in bank for general electionApr 20, 2012 9:12 am - WASHINGTON — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has $10 million in the bank as he shifts toward a general election matchup against President Barack Obama. Rom...
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Joe Walsh, ex-wife, to resolve child support case privatelyApr 19, 2012 6:20 pm - A Cook County judge has dismissed a child support suit against Congressman Joe Walsh now that the McHenry Tea Partyer and his ex-wife say they are resolving the dispute ...
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Ann Romney’s profile grows as election loomsApr 19, 2012 11:03 am - BOSTON — She is a 63-year-old grandmother known as “Mamie,” a former stay-at-home mother of five boys, and the cookie-baking wife of the presumptive Republican president...
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Peickert wins third term at helm of DuPage DemocratsApr 19, 2012 12:12 am - Elmhurst resident Bob Peickert, 67, survived a challenge to his seat and will serve a third term as chairman of the Democratic Party of DuPage County. Two hundred precin...