Articles filed under Politics
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Analysis: Proposed Huawei sanctions underscore US dependency on China techMay 17, 2019 1:00 am - U.S. suppliers to China-based Huawei would be affected quickly if a ban on exporting hardware and services proposed by the U.S. Commerce Department on Wednesday goes int...
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Trump's 'America First' philosophy has created a less stable worldMay 17, 2019 1:00 am - Donald Trump has seemed largely uninterested in foreign policy. He got excited briefly when he thought he could win a Nobel Peace Prize and hyped the danger of an immine...
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A primer on the surge in abortion billsMay 17, 2019 1:00 am - The rush of Republican-controlled states to mount a challenge to the Supreme Court's landmark Roe v. Wade ruling legalizing abortion nationwide has sparked confusion abo...
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Gas tax hike, other fees would fund Pritzker's $41.5 billion 'Rebuild Illinois' capital planMay 17, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday briefed lawmakers on a proposed capital improvements plan that calls for spending $41.5 billion on transportation, ...
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Biden faces difficult challenge to stir passion in old themesMay 17, 2019 1:00 am - Every so often, America's party of the left is seized by the fear that its platform of anti-militarism, sweet reason and communal progress just can't compete with the ri...
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Bill to ban private immigrant detention centers sent to PritzkerMay 16, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD -- A bill that would ban for-profit immigrant detention centers in Illinois is now on its way to Gov. J.B. Pritzker. The Illinois Senate voted 34-to-14 on Th...
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House GOP releases one-page state budget proposalMay 16, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois House Republicans called a news conference Thursday to unveil a "fiscal year 2020 balanced budget proposal" in the form of a one-page document det...
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Joe Biden and restoring the old (pre-Trump) orderMay 16, 2019 1:00 am - There was a school of thought that said former Vice President Joe Biden would begin to sink in the polls the moment he announced his candidacy for the Democratic preside...
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Weakness starting to show in drive for graduated income taxMay 16, 2019 1:00 am - J.B. Pritzker announced his run for governor of Illinois more than two years ago. From the jump, his campaign pushed a simple policy message: pass a progressive income ...
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Rally calls for state to do more for those with disabilitiesMay 16, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - DeKalb County resident Tony Stahl said he waited five years for the state to put his disabled daughter, Allison, in the selection process that would allow ...