Articles filed under Politics
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Change when school boards are elected?Apr 22, 2015 1:00 am - Illinois voters could start picking school board members in the same elections they pick senators and members of Congress under a suburban Democrat's plan that got movin...
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Lawmakers move to extend medical marijuana program past 2017Apr 22, 2015 1:00 am - Illinois' fledgling medical marijuana program could get a longer tryout than originally expected. The law that allows the drug to be sold legally in Illinois is set to r...
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House backs banning some red light camerasApr 22, 2015 1:00 am - A ban on red-light cameras in some suburbs moved a step closer to reality today as a bill to do so won approval in the Illinois House. The House voted 79-26 to outlaw t...
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Effort to ban red-light cameras from smaller suburbs moves to full HouseApr 21, 2015 1:00 am - A plan to eliminate red-light cameras throughout the suburbs is changing, and state Rep. David McSweeney, a Barrington Hills Republican, won preliminary approval to bani...
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Source: DEA chief to resign after cartel sex scandalApr 21, 2015 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The head of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Michele Leonhart, is expected to resign soon, an Obama administration official said Tuesday. Leonhart is a ...
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Democratic leader recalled as 'a woman before her time'Apr 21, 2015 1:00 am - For nearly 30 years, Joan Brennan served as Elk Grove Township Democratic committeeman, a post in which she worked tirelessly to help her party make inroads into the Rep...
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House OKs plan to allow cameras in nursing home roomsApr 21, 2015 1:00 am - A proposal that would allow nursing home residents and their families to install cameras in their rooms to monitor what goes on is moving forward in Springfield. The leg...
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U.S. says ship's mission off Yemen is to protect navigationApr 21, 2015 1:00 am - Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House on Tuesday played down the role of the U.S. aircraft carrier that is steaming toward the waters off Yemen, saying the ...
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Rauner's plan would increase pension penalties for schoolsApr 20, 2015 5:30 am - A law aimed at curbing late-career pay raises for educators continues to sting some suburban school districts with six-figure costs. And now a new proposal from Gov. Bru...
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Little chance state school funding overhaul will pass, lawmakers sayApr 20, 2015 5:30 am - Support wanes for efforts to rebalance