Articles filed under Politics
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Fact check: Elizabeth Warren's claim that minimum wage supported her family in the 1960sJan 11, 2019 12:00 am - "Because when I was a kid, a minimum wage job in America would support a family of three. It would pay a mortgage, keep the utilities on and put food on the table. Today...
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What, precisely, do Democrats want to impeach trump for?Jan 11, 2019 12:00 am - Newly sworn-in Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib electrified progressives with her passionate declaration that she and her colleagues will "impeach the (expletive)" - the "(...
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A call for serious action to upgrade MetraJan 10, 2019 12:00 am - As members of the Metra Board of Directors, and as mayors of cities in the Chicago area, we are doubly concerned about the commuter railroad's serious capital funding cr...
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Listening, respect and the flow of democracyJan 10, 2019 12:00 am - Last month, we opened the door to an expanded way of thinking about Daily Herald editorials when we hosted a meeting of the new members of a Sounding Board we assembled ...
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Coast Guard families told they can have garage sales to cope with government shutdownJan 10, 2019 12:00 am - Employees of the U.S. Coast Guard who are facing a long U.S. government shutdown just received a suggestion: To get by without pay, consider holding a garage sale, baby-...
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Dealing with identity theft during the shutdownJan 10, 2019 12:00 am - I'm betraying no secrets by observing that the government shutdown provides a window of opportunity for identity and electronic theft. Trust me, the crooks already know...
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Pingree Grove Fire District board won't put referendum question on April ballotJan 10, 2019 12:00 am - A motion to place a bond referendum question for the Pingree Grove & Countryside Fire District on the April election ballot - for what would have been the fourth time - ...
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Hawthorn Woods wants property tax hike to fund $25.7 million road planJan 09, 2019 4:35 am - Hawthorn Woods voters will decide in April whether to increase property taxes to fund a $25.7 million comprehensive road improvement program. The need for such a program...
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Elderly, conservatives shared more Facebook fakery in 2016Jan 09, 2019 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Sharing false information on Facebook is old. People over 65 and ultra conservatives shared about seven times more fake information masquerading as news on ...
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Black education: a glimmer of hopeJan 09, 2019 12:00 am - In reference to efforts to teach black children, the president of the St. Petersburg, Florida, chapter of the NAACP, Maria Scruggs, said: "The (school) district has show...