Articles filed under Politics
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Special session needed to show urgency of fighting corruptionDec 15, 2019 12:00 am - "Republicans want special session on ethics. Pritzker says no." This was a recent headline in the State Journal-Register and it perfectly sums up the position of the Dem...
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Illinois should embrace a national rate cap on consumer loansDec 15, 2019 12:00 am - She lived in her car but feared the title lender would take it. Billie Aschmeller needed a winter coat for her pregnant daughter and a crib and car seat for her grandda...
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Experts want to help heartland cities compete for tech jobs. Their plan costs $100 billion.Dec 14, 2019 5:22 am - Coastal hubs are snapping up most new, high-tech jobs. Researchers say it's time for the federal government to make a massive investment - $100 billion over 10 years - t...
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Elk Grove voters could see two questions, including term-limit measure, on March ballotDec 13, 2019 4:30 am - Elk Grove Village voters could see as many as two village referendums on the March primary ballot: one, an advisory question posed by Mayor Craig Johnson and trustees ab...
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Good news for Trump's economyDec 13, 2019 12:00 am - As if the unappetizing buffet of presidential candidates isn't troublesome enough for the Democratic Party, along came an unexpectedly strong November jobs report from t...
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It's official - the dossier was malarkeyDec 12, 2019 12:00 am - The new report from Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz is an absolutely damning indictment of the Steele dossier. The dossier, compiled by the former ...
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A newsroom's sounds — and smells — when a story breaksDec 12, 2019 12:00 am - It is 12:01 p.m. last Thursday. Excited twitters and laughter spill into the newsroom as co-workers from all departments begin to gather in the break room for a holiday ...
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The morality of free marketsDec 11, 2019 12:00 am - See the text of Williams' column from today's Daily Herald here: ...
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Republicans promote 'know-nothingness" during hearingsDec 11, 2019 12:00 am - It's not often that you get to watch what conservative author Tom Nichols has called "the death of expertise" unfold in real time. But that's exactly what happened last ...
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Naperville vigil to remember gun violence victims 7 years after Sandy HookDec 10, 2019 12:00 am - A vigil in Naperville to remember lives lost to gun violence is one of at least four in the suburbs and dozens across the country planned to mark the seven years since t...