Articles filed under Politics
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Watch Republican Senate hopefuls debate for chance to challenge DuckworthApr 27, 2022 1:00 am - Candidates in the Republican primary race for the U.S. Senate discussed the issues in a joint video interview Wednesday with editors of the Daily Herald. Participating i...
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'I thought I was being rescued': Palatine woman abused in foster care leads legislation on DCFSApr 26, 2022 5:00 am - A Palatine resident and former foster kid brought her ideas for improving the child welfare system to her legislator, and that has resulted in a bill aimed at better sup...
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More highway cameras coming to Illinois? Expansion plan awaits Pritzker's signatureApr 26, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — A pair of bills on Gov. J.B. Pritzker's desk would expand a state roadway camera monitoring program to 21 additional counties while also expanding the numb...
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Vice President Kamala Harris tests positive for COVID-19, Biden not 'close contact'Apr 26, 2022 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Vice President Kamala Harris tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, the White House announced, underscoring the persistence of the highly contagious virus...
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Syndicated columnist Marc Munroe Dion: On reaching Medicare ageApr 26, 2022 1:00 am - Having snuck past the tequila of my 20s, defeated the heart-cracking stress of my reporter days, and still peering out from under a lifetime mountain of pipe tobacco, I ...
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Syndicated columnist Susan Estrich: Yes, we need transparency in social media rules - and more, but cautiouslyApr 26, 2022 1:00 am - The only former president of the United States to ever make a living teaching constitutional law came to Stanford University last Thursday to propose greater regulation ...
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Schneider raises nearly $500,000 more for reelection bid while GOP challenger stands patApr 25, 2022 5:30 am - Democratic U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider raised nearly half a million dollars for his reelection bid in during the year's first quarter, while his Republican opponent says he...
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Guest columnist Manmohan Kaur: Being Sikh, American rooted in family identityApr 25, 2022 1:00 am - My dad was 10 years old in 1947 when his state of Punjab was hastily split down the middle by the retreating colonial British. According to the BBC, "one million died an...
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Syndicated columnist Bonnie Jean Feldkamp: How building trust in everyday moments dismantles the proverbial closetApr 24, 2022 1:00 am - Last week, Missouri Rep. Ian Mackey challenged fellow Rep. Chuck Basye about legislation being put forth regarding transgender rights. It made me think about how we lear...
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The Yankee reform impulse gets some issues right, some wrongApr 24, 2022 1:00 am - People talk about culture war politics as if it were a recent development - a novelty, an exception to a historic rule that American politics is mostly about economics (...