Articles filed under Politics
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What now, for those who denied a 'crisis' at the border?Jun 26, 2019 1:00 am - Congress is debating emergency humanitarian aid to care for migrants on the U.S.-Mexico border. The need is obvious. With virtually no barrier to stop them, thousands of...
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State financial report is six months lateJun 26, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois officials are six months late publishing an annual document presenting the state's fiscal health in detail, and they are unsure when it will be re...
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Cult of personality is Trump's most dangerous innovationJun 26, 2019 1:00 am - When dealing with a political figure who faces allegations of sexual assault, financial misdeeds and obstruction of justice, it is difficult to sort out the greatest dam...
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Why some new state laws already are in effect but others aren'tJun 26, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Starting Monday, July 1, it will officially become illegal in Illinois for anyone to sell or provide tobacco cigarettes or other tobacco products to people...
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Democratic debate preview: What to watch for in Night 1Jun 26, 2019 1:00 am - Twenty candidates. Five moderators. Two nights. One stage. The first Democratic presidential debates have arrived. The action begins at 8 p.m. Wednesday, with 10 candida...
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New White House press secretary yanked reporters' access in Arizona after critical coverageJun 26, 2019 1:00 am - On April 5, 2016, Hank Stephenson checked his email and saw that he had a new message from Stephanie Grisham. "Attached please find the form that you requested for the c...
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Obama's car at auction with note from Elmhurst chief insideJun 25, 2019 1:00 am - The first car President Barack Obama bought new is being auctioned Wednesday, and the first listed "personally-owned artifact" that comes with the car is a note from a f...
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Reparations won't bring justice for slaveryJun 25, 2019 1:00 am - See the text of Williams' column from today's Daily Herald here: ...
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The Biden-Booker dust-up an exercise in ugly opportunismJun 25, 2019 1:00 am - The problem with a lifetime in public service is a lifetime in public service. Enter Joe Biden, whose list of former offices and distinctions exceeds my word limit, and ...
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Pritzker signs law legalizing recreational marijuana in IllinoisJun 25, 2019 1:00 am - Recreational marijuana use and possession will be legal in Illinois beginning Jan. 1 after Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Tuesday signed a bill that includes a process...