Articles filed under Politics
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Lawmakers form Assyrian Caucus to address challenges facing communityMar 28, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois lawmakers have formed the Illinois Assyrian Caucus in an effort to help them understand and learn about challenges facing the Assyrian community a...
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For GOP, a rock star and a groupieMar 27, 2022 1:00 am - As he seeks to fill an opening U.S. Senate seat, Rep. Mo Brooks boasted he wanted "to fire Mitch McConnell," the Senate minority leader whom Brooks, an Alabama Republica...
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Syndicated columnist Byron York: Long inflation and its political consequencesMar 27, 2022 1:00 am - While much of the political world focused on the confirmation hearings of Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, across town in Washington on Monday, the chairman ...
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Taxing bodies spar over impact of bill to limit special taxing districtsMar 26, 2022 1:00 am - This story has been modified from its original publication to correct that the legislative proposal on the duration of TIFs will not change the current standard of ...
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Straight from the Source: An uneasy, but so far calm, life in another former Soviet republicMar 25, 2022 5:15 am - The sun is back and the days are getting longer here in Estonia. However, a new darkness has descended in this part of the world. Of course, I am talking about Ukraine. ...
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Guest columnist Arthur I. Cyr: Public policy, public health and moneyMar 25, 2022 1:00 am - The Federal Reserve Board of Governors has finally raised interest rates. On March 16, the central bank announced interest on reserve funds would be 0.4 percent. Bank cu...
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ANALYSIS: Nov. 10 deadline looms over Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund debateMar 25, 2022 1:00 am - The Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund was the talk of the Capitol this week. Democratic lawmakers voted to dedicate $2.7 billion toward filling a $4.5 billion pandemic-d...
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Hinz: When the government was buying vaccines, Rep. Newman traded in vaccine makers' stocksMar 25, 2022 1:00 am - Locked into a tough primary race for re-election, U.S. Rep. Marie Newman has signed on to legislation that would ban the increasingly controversial practice of members o...
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Guest columnist Ralph Martire: Gas-tax holiday is not effective way to provide tax reliefMar 25, 2022 1:00 am - Inflation reached 7.9 percent last month, the highest point in 40 years. While many factors contributed to this spike, one in particular has drawn much public attention:...
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GOP congressional candidate irate over crime claim in rival's campaign adMar 25, 2022 1:00 am - A Republican running for Illinois' 6th Congressional District seat is irate about allegations a competitor has made in a new campaign advertisement. Candidate Keith Peka...