Articles filed under Politics
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House GOP leader should call for probe of possible misconductSep 04, 2019 1:00 am - House Minority Leader Jim Durkin has had an opportunity to be a statesman and take the bold step of rooting out corruption and wrongdoing in his own caucus. It is easy t...
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Additional money for Illinois court system will benefit local governments that had been pitching inSep 04, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois' judicial branch will use its first budget increase in six years in part to alleviate costs paid by local governments, court officials said. This ...
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Meet with state Rep. Morrison at trio of upcoming eventsSep 04, 2019 1:00 am - State Rep. Tom Morrison will host a series of Coffee and Conversation events throughout his 54th District this month. All area constituents are encouraged to attend to ...
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Brexit rips Conservative Party apart as Johnson expels 21 rebelsSep 04, 2019 1:00 am - Just two months ago Rory Stewart was a Cabinet minister and a contender for leader of the Conservative Party. On Tuesday night he was being presented with GQ magazine's ...
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The Old South gets a new college presidentSep 03, 2019 1:00 am - CHARLESTON, S.C. - From a childhood laboring in China's cotton and wheat fields to the presidency of the College of Charleston, Andrew Hsu's story is anything but ordina...
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The last defenders of free trade are in AfricaSep 01, 2019 1:00 am - The best word to describe the mood of the global economy these days is gloomy. The pessimism is closely tied to the loss of faith in free markets and free trade, the two...
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The Arctic, melting ice and international challengesSep 01, 2019 1:00 am - "What about the rest of the North?" asked McGeorge Bundy, president of the Ford Foundation, back in the 1970s while considering yet one more grant to help the troubled N...
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Feder: Joe Walsh parts company with Salem MediaAug 31, 2019 1:00 am - Presidential candidate Joe Walsh severed all ties with Salem Media Group Friday, officially ending his controversial six-year run as a talk radio host for the conservati...
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Evangelical leaders are tidying up the kitchen while the house burns downAug 30, 2019 1:00 am - Much white evangelical support for Donald Trump is based on a bargain or transaction: political loyalty (and political cover for the president's moral flaws) in return f...
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A world on fireAug 30, 2019 1:00 am - A question for this moment: If the Earth's lungs were on fire and the doctor refused to treat it, would there be cause for a third-party intervention? This is a rhetoric...