Articles filed under Politics
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State legislature approves remap of judicial subcircuitsJan 05, 2022 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois lawmakers on Wednesday passed a bill to redraw judicial subcircuit maps in Cook County and some of the surrounding collar counties while creating ...
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A call to fight rising authoritarianism, in 2022 and beyondJan 05, 2022 12:00 am - At the beginning of a new year, it's traditional to make a resolution or two. I have no such list for myself or others, but I do have a wish. For 2022 and beyond, I wish...
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'I'm not Trump': We could have gotten more from Joe BidenJan 05, 2022 12:00 am - The only way to write about national politics is to write about local politics first. You won't see anything on the national stage you haven't already seen in some town ...
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Editorial: Apparently, it's up to the legislature to clarify roles in township governmentJan 05, 2022 12:00 am - Regardless of what you think about the value of township governments or the need for consolidation of government units in Illinois, recent stories out of McHenry County ...
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Plague-year immigrants headed to Trump countryJan 04, 2022 12:00 am - I want to add a few notes to my column last week on the Census Bureau's July 2021 state population estimates and what stories they tell about growth and decline in the f...
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The new mantra of our era: Be wellJan 04, 2022 12:00 am - For too much of my life, New Year's resolutions were all about diets. One year, after I had half-tamed the monster, I managed to monetize my obsession by writing and, mo...
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Court upholds state legislative redistricting planJan 03, 2022 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A three-judge federal court panel upheld the legislative redistricting plan that state lawmakers approved during a special session last summer, thus leavin...
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Rush won't seek 16th term in CongressJan 03, 2022 12:00 am - Longtime U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush, a onetime Black Panther with a dramatic rise in Illinois politics, won't seek reelection after 15 terms representing his Chicago-area dist...
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Ashli Babbitt a martyr? Her past tells a more complex storyJan 03, 2022 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - The first time Celeste Norris laid eyes on Ashli Babbitt, the future insurrectionist had just rammed her vehicle three times with an SUV and was pounding on...
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The 21st century a flop so farJan 02, 2022 12:00 am - A child in the '60s, when the world was turning fast, I loved the upbeat '90s' carbonated peace and prosperity. But the 2020s are a bitter brew of COVID-19 and poison po...