Articles filed under Politics
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National service can mend the countryMay 10, 2019 1:00 am - EDITOR'S NOTE: The following column is adapted from Fareed Zakaria's commencement address at Ohio State University on May 5. It's graduation season in America and a good...
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Decision to subpoena Donald Trump Jr. sets off a Republican firefightMay 10, 2019 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The Senate Intelligence Committee's decision to subpoena Donald Trump Jr. has ignited an internal Republican firefight over the fate of the committee's Russ...
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A deeper look into the sabotage of ReconstructionMay 09, 2019 1:00 am - Conservatives sometimes accuse the academic left of ignoring the good in American history and emphasizing the horrors. But in some respects, the typical telling of the A...
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Democrats say graduated income tax still neededMay 09, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Democrats in the Illinois Senate said Thursday that a $1.5 billion greater-than-expected April revenue windfall won't solve the state's long-term fiscal pr...
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Republicans say state windfall means new taxes aren't neededMay 08, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - One day after lawmakers learned the state collected $1.5 billion more in tax revenue than was expected in April, House Republican leadership argued Wednesd...
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Book's data, analysis show the folly of most social engineeringMay 08, 2019 1:00 am - For the text of today's Walter E. Williams column, click here. ...
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Women urge Democrats to act on abortion legislationMay 08, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - House Democratic legislators are the subject of an open letter penned by nearly 200 women who wrote they are "alarmed by the lack of action" on a bill that...
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The end of everything - or notMay 08, 2019 1:00 am - By Kathleen Parker PAWLEYS ISLAND, S.C. - A new United Nations report projecting the extinction of one-eighth of all animal and plant species should rattle the cages of ...
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Bipartisan group wants to raise state gas tax, fees to fund road projectsMay 08, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — A bipartisan coalition laid out a plan Wednesday that would raise $2.4 billion for road and bridge infrastructure improvements by hiking the state's gas ta...
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Moylan rips legal pot bill: 'Listen, do you want this stuff in your neighborhood?'May 07, 2019 5:30 am - A suburban state lawmaker on Monday implored Illinoisans to join him in throwing a wrench into the growing momentum to legalize marijuana in Illinois. “There's other way...