Articles filed under Politics
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Immaculate deception: Fair workweek ordinance will punish Chicago's working parentsOct 25, 2019 1:00 am - There were cheers and celebration when the Chicago City Council voted in favor of some of the strictest and most wide-ranging predictive scheduling laws in the country e...
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Which issues state lawmakers could tackle this fallOct 24, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD – For the first time since the General Assembly adjourned its historic regular legislative session in early June, lawmakers will be back at the Capitol for m...
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Vaping industry says flavored product ban would devastate businessOct 24, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — Vaping and other industry stakeholders opposing legislation banning flavored products said Thursday the bill would have negative health and economic impact...
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Facebook shouldn't be political speech policeOct 24, 2019 1:00 am - "We don't fact-check political ads," Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a recent speech. "We don't do this to help politicians, but because we think people should be a...
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A major consideration in job valueOct 24, 2019 1:00 am - A headline doesn't have to be on Page 1 to catch your eye. Here's one from Page 16 on Sunday that got mine: "Top economists say the world still needs English majors." Ph...
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Zuckerberg tries to convince skeptical congress on Libra, privacyOct 23, 2019 1:00 am - Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg struggled to convince Congress that the company's plans for a cryptocurrency are wise in light of all the other cha...
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Chicago mayor's budget depends on higher dining, ride-share costs, Springfield help on casinoOct 23, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot laid out her budget plan Wednesday, announcing the city "will need cooperation from Springfield" in order to fill an $838 mill...
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U.S. in moral declineOct 23, 2019 1:00 am - See the text of Williams' column from today's Daily Herald here: ...
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Impeachment comes down to a question of consequencesOct 23, 2019 1:00 am - The impeachment of President Donald Trump has reached an early point of absurdity. Just about everyone in Washington believes that a quid pro quo - in which Trump used ...
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Debates over allowing legal cannabis stores show new law is workingOct 22, 2019 1:00 am - Is democracy a bad thing? As co-authors of the Illinois law legalizing cannabis use on Jan. 1, 2020, I along with Sen. Toi Hutchinson and Reps. Kelly Cassidy and Jehan G...