Articles filed under Politics
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Suburbs look to recoup funding after Illinois census undercountJun 27, 2022 5:30 am - Within weeks, distress about an Illinois exodus has been replaced by angst over fallout from the state's unexpected 2% population gain. The surprise surge after the U.S....
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Primary in DuPage County: Board races, Glen Ellyn school referendumJun 27, 2022 5:30 am - Primary voters on Tuesday will select their party's nominees for various state and congressional seats to advance to the November general election. But with so much focu...
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Primary in the Northwest suburbs: County board, sheriff and school referendum decisionsJun 27, 2022 5:30 am - Party showdowns for Cook County president, sheriff and assessor, as well as in the 27th state Senate and 51st state House districts, are among the most hotly contested p...
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Supreme Court backs coach in praying on field after gamesJun 27, 2022 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court said Monday that a high school football coach who sought to kneel and pray on the field after games was protected by the Constitution, a d...
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Syndicated columnist Marc Munroe Dion: TikTok end of the worldJun 26, 2022 1:00 am - TikTok videos and tweets aren't long because you can't get anyone to pay attention to anything for long, not unless it's "Lord of the Rings," and they've seen it six tim...
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Darren Bailey gets long-sought Trump endorsement in GOP race for governorJun 26, 2022 1:00 am - Calling Darren Bailey "the man to take on and defeat one of the worst governors in America," former President Donald Trump on Saturday endorsed the downstate farmer in t...
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Guest columnist Ralph Martire: On gas prices, leaders bypass solutions in favor of partisanshipJun 26, 2022 1:00 am - Nothing motivates political action more than a "sky is falling" scenario. Take the current surge in inflation generally, and one universally loathed aspect thereof - the...
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'We'll keep fighting': Jane members who provided illegal abortions outraged at Roe's fallJun 25, 2022 1:00 am - On May 3, 1972, Chicago police burst into two clandestine locations where the "Jane" collective was assisting women to have then-illegal abortions. Authorities filed fel...
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Facts Matter: Alleged Trump statement on Jan. 6 is fakeJun 25, 2022 1:00 am - A lengthy, official-looking statement, topped with the letterhead "Save America, President Donald J. Trump," was posted on social media earlier this month. The statement...
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Illinois' neighbors move quickly to ban abortions following Supreme Court rulingJun 24, 2022 1:00 am - Two of the five states bordering Illinois have already banned abortions following Friday's overturning of Roe v. Wade by the U.S. Supreme Court, and the other three are ...