Articles filed under Politics
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Libertarian candidate visits with voters in Green OaksJul 25, 2020 11:00 pm - Libertarian Party presidential candidate Jo Jorgensen paid a visit Sunday to the area in which she grew up, holding a meet-and-greet with voters at Post Time Sports Bar ...
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Chris Wallace is uniquely qualified to interview Trump - and uniquely independent at Fox NewsJul 24, 2020 11:00 pm - During his interview with President Donald Trump, "Fox News Sunday" host Chris Wallace may have uttered four of the most important words in the long, jagged history of T...
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Report: Merging 2 DuPage offices may not save moneyJul 23, 2020 11:00 pm - A proposal to eliminate the DuPage recorder of deeds office and merge it with the county clerk's office in two years won't save as much money as promised, according to a...
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GOP lawmakers' calls for ComEd hearings rebuffedJul 22, 2020 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — The chairwoman of the Illinois House Energy and Environment Committee said this week she will not hold hearings to examine what impact ComEd's lobbying and...
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White House drops payroll tax cut as GOP unveils virus aidJul 22, 2020 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — The White House has reluctantly dropped a bid to cut Social Security payroll taxes as Republicans unveil a $1 trillion COVID-19 rescue package on Thursday, ...
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Kane County Board shuns effort to slash 25% of its membershipJul 21, 2020 11:00 pm - Nearly 10 years ago, Kane County Board members engaged in a civil war of dueling maps and behind-the-scenes deals in the lead-up to sacrificing two of their own after th...
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The ball is in Biden's court for NovemberJul 21, 2020 1:00 am - By now, Republican officeholders are daily and in ever-increasing numbers coming up with reasons why they will be unable to attend the late-August GOP convention in Jack...
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Federal leaders must do their homework on sending kids back to schoolJul 21, 2020 1:00 am - As I lie here on oxygen watching the number of COVID cases in most states rise to record-breaking levels, I am baffled by the decision of our federal leaders to send our...
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Trump to send federal agents to Chicago, maybe other citiesJul 20, 2020 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is planning to deploy federal agents to Chicago and possibly other Democrat-run cities as he continues to assert federal power and us...
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State unveils six-year road, bridge improvement planJul 20, 2020 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Gov. J.B. Pritzker joined Illinois Department of Transportation officials Tuesday to unveil a six-year, $21.3 billion statewide road and bridge improvement...