Articles filed under Politics
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Let's treat voting like the precious right it isDec 09, 2020 12:00 am - With just a handful of votes still uncounted, we now know that the U.S. had its highest voter turnout in more than a century at 66.7 percent of eligible voters in spite ...
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Pelosi's costly Trump obsessionDec 09, 2020 12:00 am - One of the more appalling moments in the recent history of the House of Representatives occurred recently in the Capitol Visitor Center. Speaker Nancy Pelosi gave her we...
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Roselle board pulls home-rule referendum off April ballotDec 08, 2020 12:00 am - A home-rule referendum won't be on the ballot in April in Roselle after all, after a majority on the village board said there wouldn't be enough time to educate voters a...
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Mourning doves and chickadeesDec 08, 2020 12:00 am - Weather forecasters had warned us that snow was coming, and it turns out they weren't kidding. We got about a foot in our Cleveland neighborhood last Tuesday. Twice that...
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Who will be President Biden's Stu Spencer?Dec 08, 2020 12:00 am - The first reviews are in on President-elect Joe Biden's choices for Cabinet and White House positions. And they are overwhelmingly positive: "seasoned," "experienced," "...
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Lake County Board's Democratic leadership gets two more yearsDec 07, 2020 12:00 am - This story has been updated to note that Commissioner John Wasik of Grayslake is vice-chair of the county board's energy and environment committee. A historic Demo...
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Martire: Millions of reasons the Fair Tax failedDec 06, 2020 12:00 am - This November, voters failed to ratify an amendment to the Illinois constitution that would have permitted replacing the state's existing flat rate income tax with a gra...
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Estrich: What's next for Fox News?Dec 06, 2020 12:00 am - I had to laugh when President Donald Trump got mad at Fox News. He really did think Fox News was no more than the mouthpiece of the Republican National Committee. I'm su...
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Rights for gig workers are a political issue now, but many of them can't voteDec 05, 2020 5:19 am - This November, gig economy companies won a resounding victory on the California ballot. Voters overwhelmingly agreed to allow them to keep their workers as contractors, ...
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Parler's got a porn problem: Adult businesses target pro-Trump social networkDec 05, 2020 5:14 am - Anyone following the #sexytrumpgirl hashtag on Parler, a social media site increasingly popular with conservatives, got an eyeful one recent Thursday evening as images o...