Articles filed under Politics
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Syndicated columnist Susan Estrich: The other shoeJan 17, 2023 12:00 am - The other shoe just dropped. Or maybe it's the first shoe. It's a new committee to keep an eye on the way the government collects information on private citizens. Good i...
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Syndicated columnist Jamie Stiehm: Full House theater: An American tragedyJan 17, 2023 12:00 am - A full House for four days and four nights felt like 40 in the political wilderness. Pumping his fist like a frat bro, California Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy eked out...
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John Kerry tells AP he backs UAE oil chief overseeing COP28Jan 16, 2023 12:00 am - ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - U.S. climate envoy John Kerry backs the United Arab Emirates' decision to appoint the CEO of a state-run oil company to preside over th...
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Report predicts billions in motor fuel tax revenue losses if state meets EV goalsJan 16, 2023 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Despite Illinois' efforts to smoothly integrate electric vehicles into the state's economy, a new report from the Illinois Economic Policy Institute is war...
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Aptakisic-Tripp District 102 to ask voters for an average of $468 a year for building upgradesJan 15, 2023 12:00 am - Buffalo Grove-based Aptakisic-Tripp Elementary District 102 will ask voters April 4 to approve a $49 million bond issue to fund building upgrades and add classrooms. The...
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Was Kane board member frozen out of committee assignments as political payback?Jan 15, 2023 12:00 am - Republican Mark Davoust has been on more than a dozen Kane County Board committees and named a chairman three times during his 18 years representing a St. Charles-area d...
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Syndicated columnist Michael Barone: What the Democratic trifecta hath wroughtJan 15, 2023 12:00 am - America has just exited a biennium of Democratic trifecta - control by the nation's and the world's oldest political party of the White House and majorities in the Senat...
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GOP isn't stronger with McCarthyJan 15, 2023 12:00 am - Can newly installed House Speaker Kevin McCarthy deliver on the promises and deals that he floated on his tortured journey to claiming the gavel? Team GOP's handshake sp...
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Sheriffs draw lines at what they will - and will not - enforce with new weapons lawJan 13, 2023 12:00 am - Lake County Sheriff John Idleburg had a message for gun owners concerned about Illinois' new ban on the purchase, sale and manufacture of some high-powered weapons and l...
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Marijuana not 'good fit for the village,' Libertyville trustees say before rejecting proposal for advisory referendumJan 13, 2023 12:00 am - The question of whether marijuana should be sold at state-licensed dispensaries in Libertyville has been put to bed and appears unlikely to resurface anytime soon. Circu...