Articles filed under Politics
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'Prior authorization' requirements disrupting patient careSep 16, 2021 1:00 am - For the last 30 years, I've dedicated my life to caring for patients in my community in the western suburbs of Chicago. I've known most of my patients for decades. We're...
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Journalist turned politician hopes to eliminate Illinois' news desertsSep 16, 2021 1:00 am - A former television journalist who has spent the last decade as an Illinois state senator is hoping a newly created Local Journalism Task Force will help find a way to r...
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Don't make Bears fans pay for another corporate welfare schemeSep 15, 2021 1:00 am - The Chicago Bears have played at Soldier Field since 1971. With their June bid to purchase Arlington Park - the 326-acre horse track in Arlington Heights - it seems they...
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Sweeping energy overhaul signed into lawSep 15, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker was joined by environmental and social justice activists, union representatives, and lawmakers from both parties Wednesday as he signed ...
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Biles tells Congress 'enough is enough' after gymnast abuseSep 15, 2021 1:00 am - Associated Press WASHINGTON - Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles told Congress on Wednesday that "enough is enough" in emotional testimony along with other young gymnast...
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Hastert settles lawsuit over sex abuse hush moneySep 15, 2021 1:00 am - YORKVILLE - Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert and a man who accused him of child sexual abuse reached a tentative out-of-court settlement Wednesday over Hastert's...
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The feminization of America: What will it look like?Sep 15, 2021 1:00 am - Are we witnessing the feminization of America? And if so, is that a good or bad thing, or is it, like so many quiet but ineluctable trends, a combination of the two? Per...
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Book deals, real estate and stock sales: How legislators make money on the sideSep 14, 2021 5:30 am - A book deal netted U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth more than $380,000 last year ahead of her memoir's recent publication, federal documents indicate. The Hoffman Estates Democ...
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Pace should be focusing attention on building fleet of electric busesSep 14, 2021 1:00 am - The Chicago suburban area is fortunate to have the Pace bus system, ranked as the 17th largest fixed-route transit fleet in the U.S. with 733 fixed-route buses, to provi...
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Americans can feel some pride about our reaction to terrorSep 11, 2021 1:00 am - The 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, on the World Trade Center twin towers in New York City, the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and in the ski...