Articles filed under Politics
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Estrich: Nothing really happens at political conventions, so end themAug 25, 2020 1:00 am - I used to love political conventions. As a kid, I watched every minute on TV - good and bad. In 1964, I woke my parents urgently to tell them to send a telegram supporti...
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Guest view: A divided America cannot standAug 24, 2020 1:00 am - Much happened in America before and after the year 1619 that was highlighted by Nikole Hannah-Jones in her Pulitzer Prize-winning paper "The 1619 Project" on the history...
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Four GOP legislators demand ethics, lobbying reform commission hold meetingsAug 24, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Four Republican lawmakers implored the co-leaders of a panel designed to present ethics and lobbying reform proposals to restart meetings that have stalled...
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Judge throws out McHenry Township lawsuit over ballot questionAug 24, 2020 1:00 am - A judge on Monday ruled McHenry County Clerk Joseph Tirio was right to not put a question about whether to dissolve the McHenry Township on the November ballot. The town...
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What no student loan payments until 2021 means for youAug 23, 2020 6:20 am - You don't have to make another federal student loan payment in 2020. Now is the time, though, to decide what to do before your bill arrives in January 2021. Federal stud...
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Things you didn't know (or maybe forgot) about how women got the voteAug 23, 2020 5:00 am - The origin of "suffrage" is not suffering, although plenty of people suffered in the pursuit of suffrage. It derives from the Latin suffragium, meaning a vote or a right...
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Lake County Democrats moving to oust Link ahead of his scheduleAug 23, 2020 1:00 am - Lake County Democrats, unhappy with party Chair Terry Link's plan to wait until Sept. 15 to step down in the wake of a federal tax evasion charge, have called a special ...
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Finally, a convention for the rest of AmericaAug 23, 2020 1:00 am - By Connie Schultz I've attended the last four Democratic conventions, and most of my memories of those milestone events involve crowds. They were everywhere. In the airp...
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Many women in early years had separate ballots. Some were pink.Aug 22, 2020 1:00 am - When women gained the right to vote in 1920 through the 19th Amendment, they were given separate ballots. Some of them were pink. But their experience going to the poll...
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How suburban leaders pushed movement for women's votesAug 22, 2020 1:00 am - The first woman to vote in Illinois lived in Lombard. The leader of a pioneering 1910 auto tour across northern Illinois to stump for suffrage lived in Oak Park. The ar...