Articles filed under Politics
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Comptroller pushes for law requiring greater deposits in 'rainy day' fundMar 02, 2023 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A bill that would trigger automatic payments into the state's so-called rainy day fund is heading to the Illinois House for consideration after unanimous p...
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Biden begins push for funding for pandemic fraud measuresMar 02, 2023 12:00 am - President Joe Biden's administration is asking Congress to approve more than $1.6 billion to help clean up the mess of fraud against the massive government coronavirus p...
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Some Des Plaines candidates say more outreach to LGBTQ community neededMar 02, 2023 12:00 am - While all eight Des Plaines aldermanic candidates support displaying a rainbow Pride flag at city hall each June, some say outreach to the LGBTQ community should expand....
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Syndicated columnist Byron York: For GOP, how big a check to Ukraine?Mar 02, 2023 12:00 am - As the war in Ukraine begins its second year, a new Fox News poll shows Americans divided nearly down the middle over how much and how long the United States should supp...
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G-20 talks end in India without consensus on Ukraine warMar 02, 2023 12:00 am - NEW DELHI - Top diplomats from the Group of 20 industrialized and developing nations ended their contentious meeting in New Delhi on Thursday with no consensus on the Uk...
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Syndicated columnist Jamie Stiehm: Thinking hard about Ukraine war and peace, one year outMar 02, 2023 12:00 am - "Slava Ukraine" is heard in the halls and streets here, especially when President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gave a ringing speech to Congress before Christmas. That was House ...
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Netanyahu denounces protesters after salon siege of his wifeMar 02, 2023 12:00 am - JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his allies on Thursday denounced protesters as "anarchists" after they massed outside a Tel Aviv salon where his wife w...
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US, Russia hold highest-level talks since Ukraine invasionMar 02, 2023 12:00 am - NEW DELHI - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov talked briefly Thursday in the highest-level in-person talks between the tw...
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Israeli police crack down, clash with anti-Netanyahu protestMar 01, 2023 12:00 am - TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Weeks of anti-government protests in Israel turned violent on Wednesday for the first time as police fired stun grenades and a water cannon at de...
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Ohio senators ready rail safety bill after fiery crashMar 01, 2023 12:00 am - COLUMBUS, Ohio - Railroads like the one involved in last month's fiery crash and toxic chemical release in Ohio would be subject to a series of new federal safety regula...