Articles filed under Politics
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Senate advances bill to log abuse cover-ups in state health care registryMar 29, 2023 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A measure spurred by reports of abuse at Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center in downstate Anna passed the Senate unanimously Wednesday and will h...
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Senate passes bill protecting kids who are social media 'influencers'Mar 29, 2023 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Senate unanimously passed a bill Wednesday that gives financial protection to children whose parents make money posting videos of them on soci...
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Guest columnist Cristobal Cavazos: It's not laziness that's at root of our worker shortagesMar 29, 2023 1:00 am - Don Roberto (real man, altered name) mid-60s, in his apron, stood in the drive-through window of his Naperville taqueria - one of only two workers there, "It's just that...
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Secretary of state backs standard driver's licenses for noncitizensMar 28, 2023 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois House advanced a measure last week that would allow noncitizen residents who are currently eligible for a "temporary visitor driver's license"...
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Kaneland High tours offered ahead of referendum on bond issueMar 28, 2023 1:00 am - Kaneland District 302 Superintendent Todd Leden is hosting tours of Kaneland High School on Wednesday and Thursday to give people an idea of what would be improved if vo...
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Consumer advocates call on regulators to reject rate increases for natural gasMar 28, 2023 1:00 am - Consumer advocates, environmentalists and Chicago residents gathered in front of the Chicago offices of Peoples Gas this week to call on the Illinois Commerce Commission...
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Guest columnist Keith Peterson: Duckworth emphasizes importance of U.S. engagement in AsiaMar 28, 2023 1:00 am - Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth visited the Chicago Council on Global Affairs last Friday to discuss Indo-Pacific security and, of course, most of the discussion revolve...
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DeSantis team welcomes contrast with Trump 'chaos' candidacyMar 27, 2023 1:00 am - TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Jim McKee is standing at the end of a line that snakes through five aisles of fiction inside the Books-A-Million store in Florida's capital city...
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Endorsement: Jacobs, Casey and Dickson for Antioch High School District 117Mar 26, 2023 11:00 pm - This endorsement is a consensus opinion of the Daily Herald Editorial Board. Like their elementary school district peers in Antioch, it's been a trying two years fo...
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Syndicated columnist Marc Munroe Dion: Taking out the trash with Donald TrumpMar 26, 2023 1:00 am - Former President Donald Trump didn't get arrested last Tuesday. In celebration, I took out the trash. I was going downstairs to get the mail, and my wife gave me some tr...