Articles filed under Politics
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German mayoral candidate stabbed in anti-migrant attackOct 17, 2015 1:00 am - BERLIN - A candidate to be mayor of the German city of Cologne was stabbed and seriously wounded Saturday by a man who claimed anti-foreigner motives, an attack that Ger...
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Hastert expected to plead guilty in hush-money caseOct 15, 2015 1:00 am - Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert is expected to appear in court in two weeks to change his plea on charges he agreed to pay millions in hush money to avoid discl...
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Could Hastert secrets emerge? 'It could clearly happen'Oct 15, 2015 1:00 am - A former assistant U.S. attorney says a guilty plea by former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert likely would be an attempt to keep secret the circumstances behind the ac...
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Alderman: Police need to explain spying on protestersOct 14, 2015 11:00 pm - Criticizing what he called the Chicago Police Department's "misplaced priorities," an alderman called Wednesday for a City Council hearing into police spying on protest ...
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Preckwinkle proposes tax on cable TV, golf, bowlingOct 14, 2015 1:00 am - Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle wants to add a 3 percent tax to cable TV bills, a "tough sell" that she says nevertheless is modest compared to a penny-on-t...
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Duckworth raises big money; Kirk has more in the bankOct 14, 2015 1:00 am - Democratic U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth of Hoffman Estates led Illinois Senate candidates in fundraising for the third quarter of the year, according to numbers provided by...
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Republican Leader Radogno to back KasichOct 14, 2015 1:00 am - A former version of this story misstated House Republican Leader Jim Durkin's presidential preference. He previously backed Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. Illinois Se...
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Schaumburg teacher to run for Congress as an independentOct 14, 2015 1:00 am - If Bill Fraser had his way, Americans would vote on every major bill that came before the U.S. Congress. Fraser, a teacher at Schaumburg High School, is running for Cong...
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Suburban Republican says he'll challenge Mark KirkOct 13, 2015 1:00 am - A western suburban man is trying to position himself as a more conservative alternative to U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk and has started gathering petition signatures to face the ...
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Rauner wants to sell Chicago's Thompson CenterOct 13, 2015 1:00 am - Gov. Bruce Rauner unveiled plans Tuesday to auction off the architecturally distinct James R. Thompson Center, which could lead to the razing of the 16-story glass-panel...