Articles filed under Politics
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New law will abolish charter school commissionAug 29, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — The state commission that oversees charter schools is set to be abolished next year while its powers and duties will be transferred to the Illinois State B...
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Democracy won't die if we don't let itAug 28, 2019 1:00 am - Democracy's premise is that ordinary citizens can make solid decisions on complex issues. But this basic principle and the structure of laws and practices erected over t...
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Lightfoot vows to show 'path forward' in Thursday's 'State of the City' addressAug 28, 2019 1:00 am - Though Mayor Lori Lightfoot has dismissed the first-100-days tradition as a "Hallmark holiday created by the media, not us," the first-term mayor spent Wednesday touting...
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Founders never intended a democracyAug 28, 2019 1:00 am - See the text of Williams' column from today's Daily Herald here: ...
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Foster joins other suburban Democrats in backing impeachmentAug 28, 2019 1:00 am - Congressman Bill Foster on Wednesday joined the six other Democrats who represent the suburbs in endorsing an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. The Naperv...
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Dionne: Public options and how government can expand freedomAug 27, 2019 1:00 am - By E.J. Dionne Jr. Complaining about government - its failures, its corruption and, in the worst cases, its capacity to oppress - is both an American pastime and a right...
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Murnane: Democrats present challenge for Republican who can't support TrumpAug 27, 2019 1:00 am - I'm trying to decide which of the hundreds of Democratic candidates for president in 2020 I should consider supporting, and maybe even voting for. As the countdown cont...
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Glenn Beck headlining Arlington Heights think tank's annual benefit dinnerAug 27, 2019 1:00 am - Political commentator Glenn Beck will headline an Arlington Heights-based free-market think tank's annual benefit dinner in October. Beck - conservative radio host, auth...
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Editorial: The quixotic campaign of Joe WalshAug 27, 2019 1:00 am - It's hard to know what to make of the seemingly quixotic campaign of suburban firebrand Joe Walsh for the Republican presidential nomination. Our first impulse - not nec...
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New gun dealer regulations proposed in IllinoisAug 27, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Following through on a new law that Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed in January, the Illinois State Police published a set of proposed new regulations requiring g...