Articles filed under Politics
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The time to protect our ocean and Great Lakes is now - are you in?Sep 26, 2021 1:00 am - Earlier this month, Gov. Pritzker signed the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act at Shedd Aquarium, on the shore of Lake Michigan. It is a comprehensive, equitable climate an...
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Hillary Clinton should apologize for the biggest political hoax since titus oatesSep 26, 2021 1:00 am - It's the biggest political hoax since Titus Oates's allegations of a "Popish Plot" to assassinate King Charles II in 1678. Oates's charge of a Jesuit conspiracy swept th...
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Editorial: Restore limits on presidential powerSep 25, 2021 2:00 pm - Of the many controversies that dogged Donald Trump's presidency, the steps he took to try to build a wall across the southern border may have been among the most polariz...
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Constable: Cary history teacher's documentary highlights racial protestsSep 25, 2021 1:00 am - As a member of the class of 1999 at Cary-Grove High School, Nicholas Stange didn't own a camera, and cellphones were used strictly for conversations in those days. It w...
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Breakdown of trust blocks decision makingSep 24, 2021 1:00 am - In loco parentis. It's one of those great Latin phrases: in the place of a parent. It's a great phrase because of exactly how little it proves. When is someone who is n...
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Illinois to invest more than $40 million in workforce trainingSep 23, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Thursday that the state will award more than $40 million in workforce training grants, focusing on communities hardest hit by ...
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Free college? Just a theory in Illinois without pension reformSep 23, 2021 1:00 am - Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced his re-election bid with a campaign pledge that everyone at the state median income and below "ought to get to be able to go to col...
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Biden faces a long fall with chill windsSep 23, 2021 1:00 am - Summer's light fades into fall now. Cicadas are singing, but they won't be for long. Zinnias and cosmos show colors past the autumnal equinox, but black-eyed Susans have...
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California voters get what they deserveSep 22, 2021 1:00 am - The nation's largest state has just voted in an election triggered by one of the nation's weirdest recall processes, and the results have come out just about where they'...
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We should help Afghan refugees who helped usSep 22, 2021 1:00 am - In the days before and after the U.S. evacuation from Kabul, my office received calls concerning more than 200 Afghan citizens seeking to flee the country because their ...