Articles filed under Politics
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Editorial: Running for president while serving in office — who does their jobs?Jul 20, 2019 2:00 pm - Indulge us today, please, while we tilt at windmills. Imagine how it would be received if an employee in almost any line of work went to the boss and said, “I'm trying ...
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Health agencies refusing $8 million in federal money because of new, 'unethical' rulesJul 20, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - All three Illinois organizations set to receive millions of dollars in federal family planning funds are declining them due to new rules they say are "unet...
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Columnist revisits his optimistic viewpoint after Armstrong steps on moonJul 19, 2019 1:00 am - At age 75, I don't remember much that happened 50 years ago, but I can clearly recall the Sunday when Neil Armstrong stepped from the bottom rung of the ladder of the Ap...
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Murnane's 1969 column: First cancer, hunger, then MarsJul 19, 2019 1:00 am - Editor's Note: Here is the column former Daily Herald political editor Ed Murnane wrote for the Daily Herald on July 22, 1969. By Ed Murnane Michael, at an age of sligh...
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Lottery Week celebrates contributions to IllinoisJul 19, 2019 1:00 am - In its first year of existence 45 years ago, the Illinois Lottery created its first millionaire. Her name was Irene Halley, and since then we've made 1,895 additional mi...
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The newspaper as a magical looking glass into historyJul 18, 2019 1:00 am - Stacked safely away in my attic are some keepsakes I rarely look at but could never part with. There is the Nov. 3, 2016, edition of the Daily Herald and several other n...
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'Justice wasn't served': 50 years since ChappaquiddickJul 18, 2019 1:00 am - BOSTON - The crash ended a young woman's life, and with it, a man's White House dreams. U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's Oldsmobile sedan veered off a narrow bridge on Chap...
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Schumer calls for investigation into FaceApp over security concerns, Russia tiesJul 18, 2019 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Warning of national security and privacy risks for millions of Americans, Senate Democrat leader Chuck Schumer, New York, urged the FBI and the Federal Trad...
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The next steps for our communityJul 18, 2019 1:00 am - It has been a long, difficult 16 months since the city of Elgin experienced its first officer-involved fatal shooting in more than 20 years. On March 12, 2018, the Elgin...
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House prepares to pass long-sought $15 minimum wage legislationJul 18, 2019 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - House Democrats are preparing to vote to lift the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, delivering on a long-standing liberal priority that has become a rall...