Articles filed under Politics
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Rule change streamlines eviction processJul 20, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Supreme Court announced last week that it approved a change to rules governing eviction proceedings that will simplify the process for both la...
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Trump opponents have assumed his worst traitsJul 19, 2020 1:00 am - You could say it's all Donald Trump's fault. His bad qualities - his carelessness about facts, his obstinance about admitting error, his contempt for others' views - hav...
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White privilege, black lives and the lessons of a protestJul 19, 2020 1:00 am - Recently, I participated in a protest in Mount Greenwood, Illinois. Black, brown and white people marched in the street, shouting "Black Lives Matter" and "George Floyd"...
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White privilege, black lives and the lessons of a protestJul 18, 2020 3:00 pm - Recently, I participated in a protest in Mount Greenwood, Illinois. Black, brown and white people marched in the street, shouting "Black Lives Matter" and "George Floyd"...
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Constable: White author learned early how Black lives matterJul 18, 2020 1:00 am - As a white girl growing up in Arlington Heights in the 1950s and '60s, Patricia Hruby Powell was taught that Black Lives Matter long before that concept became a movemen...
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Editorial: It can be denied no longer: Speaker Madigan must goJul 17, 2020 11:00 pm - Federal prosecutors have not yet indicated whether they will indict the Illinois House speaker they dub “Public Official A” in documents filed with an explosive ComEd pl...
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Pritzker 'furious'; Madigan denies wrongdoing as feds unfurl bribery caseJul 17, 2020 1:00 am - In a move with seismic repercussions for the state, utility giant ComEd pleaded guilty to bribery in a public corruption case linked to House Speaker Michael Madigan and...
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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says cancer has returned, but she won't retireJul 17, 2020 1:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Friday she is receiving chemotherapy for a recurrence of cancer, but has no plans to retire from the Supreme Court. Th...
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Act helps assure reliable local newsJul 17, 2020 1:00 am - In the past five months, Congress has responded to the coronavirus public health crisis with several emergency relief measures, including the stimulus checks sent to ind...
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There's nothing new about Roger Stone clemencyJul 17, 2020 1:00 am - Many Democrats, along with some in the press and a few Republicans, have expressed outrage at President Trump's commutation of political operative Roger Stone's jail sen...