Articles filed under Politics
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Yorkville teacher to congressman to House speaker: Hastert's careerMay 28, 2015 1:00 am - Former U.S. Speaker Dennis Hastert's federal indictment Thursday comes years after he ended his long career as a member of Congress from the Western suburbs. 1942: Haste...
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Effort to expand gambling likely to be pushed into summerMay 28, 2015 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - An effort to generate much-needed revenue for Chicago and Illinois by opening a city-owned casino and expanding gambling elsewhere could be pushed into sum...
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Police body camera guidelines move forward in state legislatureMay 28, 2015 1:00 am - Weeks after the shooting of Justus Howell by a Zion police officer was ruled a justifiable homicide, lawmakers on Thursday started considering a plan to use money from t...
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College of DuPage-inspired reform stalls over disagreement on severance packagesMay 28, 2015 1:00 am - A disagreement between lawmakers and state community college presidents could halt reforms inspired by the College of DuPage's $762,868 buyout package offered to Preside...
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House moves DuPage-inspired package to curb heroin abuseMay 27, 2015 1:00 am - The fight against heroin abuse in the suburbs took a major legislative step forward Wednesday, as the House unanimously approved a package of legislation based largely o...
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Rauner's plan to cut suburbs' tax share doesn't get a single voteMay 27, 2015 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois Democrats agreed to give some of Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner's priority reforms a platform Wednesday but still voted them down in an exercise tha...
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Editorial: Staying to fight for Illinois' lost causeMay 27, 2015 1:00 am - In the Frank Capra classic, "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington," the idealistic young Jefferson Smith played by James Stewart takes his case for a boys camp to the floor of t...
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Suburban Democrats say they won't back budget with $3 billion deficitMay 26, 2015 1:00 am - If Democrats want to send a budget to Gov. Bruce Rauner, they might have to do so without the votes of some suburban party members in the Illinois Senate. Some Senate De...
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More College of DuPage reforms could be comingMay 26, 2015 1:00 am - A plan to limit the size of community college presidents' severance deals in the wake of the one given College of DuPage President Robert Breuder could find new life. A ...
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Suburbs' share of income taxes not cut in Democrats' state budget planMay 25, 2015 1:00 am - Suburbs would not have their share of income taxes cut under Democrats' budget plan, which House Speaker Michael Madigan admitted Monday the state doesn't have the money...