Articles filed under Politics
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Why Illinois can't balance its budgetJun 20, 2019 1:00 am - By Austin Berg Guest columnist Republicans and Democrats sang the same song at the Statehouse after rapidly passing the largest budget in state history: "It's balanced."...
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Sale goes through, but concerns linger over new Rivers Casino ownershipJun 20, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Kentucky-based Churchill Downs Inc. completed its $326 million acquisition of a majority stake in Rivers Casino in Des Plaines despite state gambling regul...
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Venezuela is a world leader in the production of desperationJun 20, 2019 1:00 am - CĂCUTA, Colombia - The walkers come in a steady flow, individually and in small groups, through most of the day. The serpentine mountain road they take often has little ...
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Doubled state gas tax just a start. New state law will cost you in other ways, tooJun 20, 2019 1:00 am -
State law will cost drivers in other ways, too
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Ex-Senate staffer sentenced to 4 years for 'doxing' GOP senatorsJun 20, 2019 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - A U.S. judge on Wednesday sentenced a former Democratic Senate staff member to four years in prison for a burglary and hacking campaign that culminated in t...
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Fact-check: Biden's claim that 'almost half' of Americans live in povertyJun 20, 2019 1:00 am - "We have ... almost half the people in the United States living in poverty." - Former Vice Pesident Joe Biden, in remarks at the Poor People's Campaign presidential foru...
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Editorial: More elections are not the answerJun 19, 2019 11:00 pm - John D'Astice is a good man with a bad idea. D'Astice, a Rolling Meadows alderman, lost the race for Rolling Meadows mayor in April, finishing second among four candidat...
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Departing state senator will become a judge FridayJun 19, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - John Mulroe is trading his state Senate seat for a judicial bench. After serving more than eight years in the General Assembly, the Chicago Democrat will b...
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5 takeaways from Trump's 2020 campaign launch speechJun 19, 2019 1:00 am - Midway through the speech officially launching his 2020 reelection campaign Tuesday night, President Donald Trump joked about his campaign staff. "They cost a fortune, a...
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As Trump's defense pick withdraws, he addresses violent domestic incidentsJun 19, 2019 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - In the months that he has served as President Donald Trump's acting secretary of defense, Patrick Shanahan has worked to keep domestic violence incidents wi...