Articles filed under Politics
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The three cost drivers Pritzker should addressFeb 12, 2019 12:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker won 55 percent of the vote this November. He can couple that overwhelming voter support with Democratic majorities in the Illinois General Assembly. ...
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DuPage leaders outline what they want from SpringfieldFeb 12, 2019 12:00 am - An organization representing DuPage County's towns and villages wants Illinois lawmakers to protect local tax revenue, consolidate public safety pensions and approve a s...
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Landrieu's message of healing unwelcome among Democrats bent on warfareFeb 12, 2019 12:00 am - It is the tragedy of America that a story of freedom, self-government, religious liberty, entrepreneurship and inclusion is also a story of forced migration, stolen labo...
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Downstate retailers propose smaller minimum wage outside ChicagoFeb 12, 2019 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A group of Downstate business owners on Monday warned of dire consequences should a $15 per-hour minimum wage hike which passed the Senate last week become...
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Seven referendums on Lake ballots in AprilFeb 11, 2019 4:30 am - Seven referendums will appear on Lake County ballots for this spring's consolidated local election. The proposals include funding requests for school construction, water...
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House Democratic leaders call Ilhan Omar's tweets 'anti-Semitic' and 'deeply offensive'Feb 11, 2019 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - House Democratic leaders are calling on Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., to apologize for what many saw as anti-Semitic comments perpetuating the tired stereotype ...
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Tom Ricketts, you need to visit our mosque. Soon.Feb 11, 2019 12:00 am - Last summer, myself and Rabbi Ari Margolis went to a Cubs game together. When Anthony Rizzo belted a walk-off game winning home run, we were screaming and hugging like l...
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People like the estate tax a whole lot more when they learn how wealth is distributedFeb 10, 2019 5:09 am - Proposals to increase taxes on the wealthy are having a moment: Polling shows Democrats and Republicans coming together in support of steep taxes on the wealth and incom...
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Wealth concentration near 'levels last seen during the Roaring Twenties,' study findsFeb 10, 2019 5:00 am - The 400 richest Americans - the top 0.00025 percent of the population - have tripled their share of the nation's wealth since the early 1980s, according to a new working...
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Not everyone in Iran is celebrating revolution's anniversaryFeb 10, 2019 12:00 am - When I traveled to a small town outside Paris that early winter morning to interview the Iranian Shiite leader, the mysterious Ayatollah Khomeini, a veil of historic dis...