Articles filed under Politics
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'Urgency is required': Pritzker promises to fix DCFSMay 15, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — Illinois' child welfare agency reviewed 1,100 of its ongoing abuse and neglect cases as part of a stepped-up effort to right a department that has been cri...
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3 women had a voice in Alabama Senate as 25 men passed abortion banMay 15, 2019 1:00 am - Amid the debate on the Alabama Senate floor over America's most restrictive abortion law, state Sen. Linda Coleman-Madison, a Democrat, appeared to be losing patience. S...
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State senators, state's attorney debate pros, cons of recreational marijuana billMay 14, 2019 1:00 am - Depending on your point of view, legalizing recreational marijuana in Illinois may help limit teen drug use or it may create a new batch of problems for local police. Il...
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Sports betting at Wrigley, Soldier Field? Some proposals would allow itMay 14, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — Sports betting could take place at the homes of the White Sox, the Bears, the Bulls and the Cubs depending on which details emerge in a final bill to legal...
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Protecting health care - and our ConstitutionMay 14, 2019 1:00 am - For House Democrats, this will be health care week. How many voters will notice? The answer will be instructive about how the constitutional crisis that is upon us will ...
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Next U.S. president won't be a woman - but the one after that?May 14, 2019 1:00 am - Conventional wisdom in my inner circle of sorcerers and sources has been that the first female president will be a Republican. This is because America is still mostly a ...
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At last, a prince worthy of the American RevolutionMay 13, 2019 1:00 am - As I watched the Internet overheat with excitement about the birth of Meghan and Harry's new baby, I found myself mystified by the entire kerfuffle. Had we been magicall...
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Administration wants to change how often debt collectors can call, text or emailMay 12, 2019 6:00 am - Christopher Fultz peered at his phone during a break at his job as a paramedic and saw an unusual text displaying his name in all caps. Click on the link, said the messa...
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Vanier's radical Christianity modeled a compassionate pathMay 12, 2019 1:00 am - With the passing of Jean Vanier on May 7, the sum of the world's welcoming kindness diminished appreciably. More than 50 years ago, Vanier sparked an unlikely movement ...
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Self-impeach? Talk shifts toward Trump defiance of CongressMay 10, 2019 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has introduced a new concept into the debate over President Donald Trump's actions: "self-impeaching." As Trump all but goads Dem...