Articles filed under Politics
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Endorsement: Preckwinkle for Cook County Board presidentJun 08, 2022 1:00 am - This endorsement is a consensus opinion of the Daily Herald Editorial Board. If you're a Cook County Democrat, do you want your next County Board president to be a ...
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Syndicated columnist Veronique de Rugy: When will magical economic thinking from Biden and Co. end?Jun 08, 2022 1:00 am - President Joe Biden wants you to know he is serious about taming inflation and that he has a plan to do so. Unfortunately, his plan reveals that his administration is ei...
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Syndicated columnist Susan Estrich: Free speech on the internet?Jun 08, 2022 1:00 am - An unusual split on the Supreme Court last week put at least a temporary halt to enforcement of a conservative-backed state law prohibiting Big Tech from removing posts ...
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Endorsement: Kaegi for Democrats as Cook County assessorJun 08, 2022 1:00 am - This endorsement is a consensus opinion of the Daily Herald Editorial Board. Fritz Kaegi has not made a lot of friends in high places during his single term as Cook...
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'I don't want it to happen again': 4th grade Uvalde survivor testifies to CongressJun 08, 2022 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - An 11-year-old girl who survived the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, recounted in video testimony to Congress on Wednesday how she c...
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Endorsement: Grasso in GOP primary for Congress from Dist. 6Jun 07, 2022 1:00 am - This endorsement is a consensus opinion of the Daily Herald Editorial Board. Six candidates are vying for the chance to represent Republicans in November for the 6t...
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Police were 'coached' to make Jan. 6 Capitol incursion look like a siege, candidate saysJun 07, 2022 1:00 am - One of the Republicans running for Illinois' 5th Congressional District seat claims police serving at the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, incursion were coached "t...
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Lightfoot launches campaign for a second termJun 07, 2022 1:00 am - Facing stiff headwinds, Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Tuesday started her uphill climb to reelection with a River North fundraiser and a video embracing the combativeness that...
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Endorsement: Casten for Democrats in Congress, Dist. 6Jun 07, 2022 1:00 am - This endorsement is a consensus opinion of the Daily Herald Editorial Board. Three candidates are seeking the Democratic nomination for Congress from Illinois Distr...
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Guest columnist Keith Peterson: It's time for serious discussion on updating Second AmendmentJun 07, 2022 1:00 am - "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." From my reading of hi...