Articles filed under Politics
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New trustee will bring 'breath of fresh air' to Hanover Park, mayor saysNov 04, 2015 12:00 am - Lisa Trousdale, a former pastor at Willow Creek Community Church, is scheduled to be sworn in as the newest Hanover Park village trustee at Thursday's village board meet...
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Moylan pushing to get state funds released to towns, lottery winnersNov 03, 2015 12:00 am - State Rep. Marty Moylan is pushing to get state gambling funds, gas taxes and other money released to local municipalities, and he's been going town to town to talk to l...
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State budget impasse imperils Mt. Prospect programsOct 31, 2015 11:00 pm - After the previous decade's recession, Mount Prospect underwent a painful series of service and staff cuts in 2010 and 2011. Now, as a result of the budget impasse in S...
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Bush-Rubio rivalry intensifiesOct 31, 2015 1:00 am - DES MOINES, Iowa - Neither Jeb Bush nor Marco Rubio emphasized the need to do well in Iowa in the early months of the 2016 presidential campaign. But that's changed as ...
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Trump releases plan for veterans' careOct 31, 2015 1:00 am - NORFOLK, Va. - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump released a plan on Saturday aimed at improving veterans' health care and other services in the wake of cont...
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Dorothy Brown welcomes federal hiring monitor in televised interviewOct 29, 2015 11:00 pm - Nearly a week after Cook County Democratic Party leaders dropped support for Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown amid a federal corruption investigation, the longtime poli...
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Emanuel rips Rauner over governor's criticism of Chicago tax hikeOct 29, 2015 11:00 pm - In an escalating war of words between two friends, Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Friday that Gov. Bruce Rauner needed to "stop name-calling and just do your job" after Rauner ...
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Roskam says new Speaker Ryan will plot a 'different direction'Oct 29, 2015 1:00 am - A few weeks ago when Speaker John Boehner announced he'd step down, Republican U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam of Wheaton called on his party to huddle up and talk about its futu...
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Hastert took responsibility for Mark Foley sex scandal in 2006Oct 28, 2015 1:00 am - Nine years ago this month, U.S. Speaker Dennis Hastert approached a news conference microphone outside his Batavia office, ready to address a scandal that threatened his...
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Editorial: Rauner, Madigan, let's do this in publicOct 26, 2015 11:00 pm - Imagine the political spectacle of Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner, Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan and the other legislative leaders giving a public airing to the...