Articles filed under Politics
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Democrat U.S. Rep. Underwood has huge fundraising lead over GOP's GryderJul 21, 2022 5:30 am - Democratic U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood of Naperville started July with a campaign fund more than 200 times the size of Republican challenger Scott Gryder's, new reports s...
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Syndicated columnist Susan Estrich: The open road to 2024Jul 21, 2022 1:00 am - The prospects of a rematch on the 2020 presidential race seem to grow dimmer every day. Biden versus Trump? Not likely. And that means an open road for every senator and...
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Syndicated columnist Veronique de Rugy: Shed no tears for the floundering global tax cartelJul 21, 2022 1:00 am - Implementing a global tax cartel is hard. This lesson is being learned by the bureaucrats who dreamed up an effort to prevent businesses from taking advantage of the fac...
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Syndicated columnist Marc Munroe Dion: Glimpse of forever is too much informationJul 20, 2022 1:00 am - "World without end. Amen." So goes a part of the old prayer, though our part of the world, our green and blue globe, may indeed end, and that end will be made by people ...
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Democrats push for 1st semi-automatic gun ban in 20 yearsJul 20, 2022 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - House Democrats began pushing ahead Wednesday with legislation that would ban certain semi-automatic weapons as they considered their most far-reaching resp...
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Guest columnist Sari Wiaz: Government, private sector must join to protect small businessesJul 19, 2022 1:00 am - By Sari Wiaz Guest columnist Shortly after debuting new products at a trade show in February 2020, the world came to a standstill. Everything had changed overnight, but ...
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Foster's $4.9 million campaign fund dwarfs Lauf's total, records showJul 19, 2022 1:00 am - Democratic U.S. Rep. Bill Foster's campaign coffers dramatically exceed those of Republican challenger Catalina Lauf, new reports show. Foster, of Naperville, starte...
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Syndicated columnist Michael Barone: James Madison, 21st century punditJul 19, 2022 1:00 am - Could America's Founding Fathers see far, some 234 years, into the future? In declaring independence and fashioning a constitution, they were certainly trying to do so. ...
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It's official: District 25 ballot measure approved by 50 votesJul 19, 2022 1:00 am - The Cook County clerk's office Tuesday certified the narrow passage of Arlington Heights Elementary District 25's $75 million referendum, allowing the district to create...
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Guest columnist Chuck Goudie: Words from 15 years ago that especially matter todayJul 18, 2022 1:00 am - There are two important things that I've learned while reporting news in Chicago: words matter and actions count. Those simple concepts also carry over to everyday life,...