Articles filed under Politics
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Mundelein High School will ask voters for $175 millionJan 12, 2023 4:30 am - Voters in Mundelein High School District 120 will decide whether to support a $175 million tax increase as part of an extensive renovation and expansion at the school, w...
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DeSantis tested on immigration as he weighs 2024 candidacyJan 12, 2023 12:00 am - TAVERNIER, Fla. - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sent dozens of immigrants from Texas to an island off the Massachusetts coast last year in a high-profile effort to highlight...
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UAE names oil company chief to lead UN COP28 climate talksJan 12, 2023 12:00 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The United Arab Emirates on Thursday named a veteran technocrat who both leads Abu Dhabi's state-run oil company and oversees its renewable...
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Former top Israeli legal officials oppose judicial overhaulJan 12, 2023 12:00 am - TEL AVIV, Israel - Former top Israeli legal officials spoke out Thursday against sweeping changes to the country's justice system planned by the new conservative governm...
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Daily Herald columnist Jim Slusher: Humanity, the news and creatures in crisisJan 12, 2023 12:00 am - I have a personal memory that seems relevant to a recent story in the news. I am called to my front door on a warm day in July. I look out to find four barefoot boys, ra...
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Syndicated columnist Elwood Watson: Amid McCarthy drama, Republicans tried to play the race cardJan 12, 2023 12:00 am - The drama surrounding Rep. Kevin McCarthy's speakership bid remains nothing short of surreal. It took 15 bids to secure the votes required to become speaker of the House...
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Bill guaranteeing workers five days of paid leave will head to governorJan 12, 2023 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A bill that would guarantee a minimum of 40 hours of paid leave per year for all Illinois workers passed both chambers of the General Assembly on Tuesday, ...
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Roselle Public Library District sends bond request to votersJan 11, 2023 10:00 pm - At the Jan. 11 meeting, the Roselle Public Library District board announced it is pursuing a $22 million bond referendum to raise revenue to erect and furnish a new libr...
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Inauguration speeches hint at growing partisan divide in General AssemblyJan 11, 2023 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Incumbents and newly minted lawmakers were sworn into their terms in the 103rd General Assembly on Wednesday following a hectic week of late action by the ...
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Northern Illinois sheriffs announce they won't enforce firearms banJan 11, 2023 12:00 am - County sheriffs across northern Illinois announced Wednesday they won't enforce a new law which in part requires owners of semiautomatic firearms to register their weapo...