Articles filed under Politics
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DuPage County spends $220,000 to enlist state, federal lobbyistsAug 26, 2022 1:00 am - DuPage County Board members have renewed contracts with three lobbying firms to push their agenda at the state and federal level. The board has agreed to pay the group o...
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Syndicated columnist Byron York: Joe Biden is still dragging his party downAug 25, 2022 1:00 am - There has been a surge of optimism among Democrats lately when it comes to November's midterm elections. The short version of the thinking is: Maybe we're not going to g...
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Field notes: The summer burn of '22Aug 25, 2022 1:00 am - The scorching summer of '22 may be one we never forget, as a turning point in the wheels of weather and politics. As August closes, the cicadas still sing, but they won'...
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Biden's student loan plan: What we know (and what we don't)Aug 24, 2022 1:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - President Joe Biden said Wednesday that many Americans can have up to $10,000 in federal student loan debt forgiven. That amount increases to $20,000 if ...
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Syndicated columnist Bonnie Jean Feldkamp: Falling into the season of substanceAug 24, 2022 1:00 am - "In the grand scheme of things, you're only pretty for a second. So, you'd better back it up with something." That's what I told my daughters when they were teens in att...
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Pritzker barnstorms the suburbs as race against Bailey heats upAug 24, 2022 1:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker used the suburbs and a major trade union Wednesday as backdrops to tout his labor-friendly platform and poke his gubernatorial rival, Republican state...
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Syndicated columnist Byron York: A classic anti-Trump frenzyAug 23, 2022 1:00 am - Beginning in the months before Donald Trump took office, and extending well into his presidency, the media and political world took a set of vague but serious accusation...
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Syndicated columnist Veronique de Rugy: Another week of industrial policy hypeAug 23, 2022 1:00 am - Another week, another reminder that heavy-handed government industrial policy is in fashion. Nobel Prize-winning economist Michael Spence recently endorsed it as embodie...
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Daily Herald opinion: Naperville sets example others should follow with weapons banAug 22, 2022 1:00 am - This editorial is the consensus opinon of the Daily Herald Editorial Board Warned by angry commenters last week that City Council members' votes regarding an ordina...
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Head of Chicago Teachers Union says she won't run for mayorAug 22, 2022 1:00 am - Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates says she won't run for mayor despite years of speculation, but union ally and Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson...