Articles filed under Politics
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Anti-vaccination activists set up a scary moment in timeJul 27, 2021 1:00 am - Anti-vaccination activists, let me be blunt. It's your funeral, but it's our health care workers, hospitals and medical systems. Please stay home when COVID-19 comes to ...
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Editorial: Embracing the courage of Kinzinger and CheneyJul 27, 2021 1:00 am - Despite the noise House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is making in an attempt to drown out the work of the House Select Committee on the Jan. 6 insurrection, we believe...
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Lake County Judge Daniel Shanes will run for Illinois Supreme Court seatJul 27, 2021 1:00 am - Shaw Media A second Lake County judge is campaigning for a seat on the Illinois Supreme Court. Judge Daniel B. Shanes, a Republican, will run in the 2022 election for a ...
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New law repeals criminal penalties for HIV transmissionJul 27, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill into law Tuesday that repeals criminal penalties for people who transmit HIV to others. House Bill 1063, sponsored by Rep....
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'This is how I'm going to die': Officers give accounts of violent Jan. 6 Capitol insurrectionJul 27, 2021 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - "This is how I'm going to die, defending this entrance," Capitol Police Officer Aquilino Gonell recalled thinking, testifying at the emotional opening heari...
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Pritzker signs bills expanding access to mental health careJul 26, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois residents will soon have greater access to mental health services under measures Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed into law Friday. Starting Jan. 1, most ...
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Fossil fuels will win big if Illinois can't pass an energy bill including nuclear power this yearJul 26, 2021 1:00 am - Last Monday, Gov. Pritzker announced he would be seeking re-election. The video posted to social media highlighted his efforts to combat the coronavirus pandemic. "In Wa...
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'When duty calls, I will always answer': Kinzinger agrees to serve on Jan. 6 committeeJul 25, 2021 1:00 am - Illinois congressman Adam Kinzinger agreed Sunday to serve on the U.S. House Select Committee to Investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the United States Capitol. "Let me be c...
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Underwood and Casten raising big bucks ahead of 2022 congressional campaignsJul 24, 2021 1:00 am - Months after winning tough reelection races for their congressional seats, suburban Democrats Lauren Underwood and Sean Casten are raising hundreds of thousands of dolla...
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Hedge funds are killing the newsroomJul 23, 2021 1:00 am - If Hollywood wanted to make a gritty movie about the work of dig-it-out newspaper reporters who uncover big local stories of government doings and corporate misdeeds, it...