Articles filed under Politics
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Lake sheriff backs Kirk opponent for U.S. SenateDec 15, 2015 12:00 am - Lake County Sheriff Mark Curran will back U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk's opponent in the March primary, splitting with the home-county Republican seeking a second term in the Sen...
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How Google is pushing you to vote for Bernie SandersDec 13, 2015 6:25 am - Roughly three-quarters of Americans get their news online these days, making the Internet America's favorite news source, according to a 2014 Pew Research Center poll. A...
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Top Democrat: No deal to put off school funding changesDec 10, 2015 12:00 am - There seemed to be a point of agreement coming out of the meeting between Gov. Bruce Rauner and top lawmakers this week when Republicans said changing the state's compli...
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Suburban interfaith leaders decry Muslim discriminationDec 10, 2015 12:00 am - Priests, pastors and rabbis from 11 suburban congregations gathered together Thursday to condemn what they described as "singling out the Muslim faith in response to fea...
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Illinois medical marijuana sales in first month top $800,000Dec 09, 2015 12:00 am - Illinois officials say the state's first medical marijuana patients have purchased nearly $801,000 worth of cannabis during the program's first month. That works out to ...
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Two could be booted from DuPage primary ballotDec 08, 2015 12:00 am - Two candidates could be kicked off DuPage County's March primary ballot if residents opposing their candidacies can prove mistakes were made on their nominating papers. ...
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Gliniewicz honor could get taken backDec 07, 2015 12:00 am - Three months after the Illinois Senate rose to honor what seemed to be the heroics of Fox Lake police Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz, a McHenry Republican is asking to ta...
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Lottery winners, suburbs to get state money; who's next?Dec 07, 2015 12:00 am - Illinois will start paying lottery winners, mayors and others who have seen their state money delayed for months, leaving colleges, their students and some human service...
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Mayors a little closer to getting their state moneyDec 02, 2015 12:00 am - Illinois lawmakers Wednesday began approving a rare bipartisan agreement to get some money moving for local mayors, lottery winners and others, but the ongoing budget bi...
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Editorial: Time to pay attention to election campaignsDec 01, 2015 10:00 pm - A lot of special interest groups don't want you to pay much attention to the primary election campaigns, and some candidates don't want you to, either. That's because ve...