Articles filed under Politics
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Tribes, teams and journalistsSep 10, 2019 1:00 am - By Cokie Roberts and Steven V. Roberts Political tribalism keeps getting worse. The demand for unthinking and uncompromising loyalty keeps getting louder. Individuals or...
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Taxi rides provide illumination about crisis of immigrationSep 09, 2019 1:00 am - By Bill Decker Guest columnist When I read or hear stories about the current immigration crisis on the U.S. southern border, the word "cacophony" frequently comes to min...
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Organizations encourage limiting nurse-patient ratio at hospitalsSep 08, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Advocates for a law that would limit the number of patients each hospital nurse is allowed to care for at one time are touting a new national survey that s...
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It takes creativity, will to combat opioid abuseSep 08, 2019 1:00 am - There appears to be no light at the end of the tunnel when it comes to opioid overdose deaths. Recently, our community experienced two deaths within days. Both victims ...
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The end of the world's most successful political partySep 08, 2019 1:00 am - Britain's Tories are arguably the most successful political party of the modern age. The Conservatives have ruled Britain for nearly 60 of the 90 years since 1929 (the c...
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Underwood blames Senate for her stalled legislative effortsSep 06, 2019 5:20 am - As freshman congresswoman Lauren Underwood ramps up her re-election campaign in Illinois' 14th District, she says a Washington reality is frustrating to her and her supp...
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Downward spirals of depression can be deadlySep 06, 2019 1:00 am - There are alarming consequences for the survival of human beings and the success of the society they inhabit when the brain suffers without treatment. And it has become ...
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It's not the Nazis that loom over U.S. but 'The Troubles'Sep 06, 2019 1:00 am - Many on the political left in this country have indicated parallels between the rise of the National Socialist Party in Germany in the first half of the 20th century and...
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Residents press Casten on impeachment at forumSep 05, 2019 5:00 am - As expected when the topic is "impeachment," no one was neutral at a town-hall meeting held by Democratic U.S. Rep. Sean Casten Wednesday. But a majority of the crowd of...
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Hear from state legislators at Barrington legislative breakfastSep 05, 2019 1:00 am - Local business leaders and the public are invited to hear firsthand updates from state legislators at the annual Barrington Area Legislative Breakfast. The event will b...