Articles filed under Politics
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Quinn: I'll pass income tax plan in lame duck sessionSep 25, 2014 1:00 am - Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn wants his tax plan put into action right after the Nov. 4 election, echoing his key campaign argument that the state can't afford to let income...
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Help us question RaunerSep 25, 2014 1:00 am - Dear readers, Bruce Rauner will be visiting Friday to present his candidacy for governor to the Daily Herald Editorial Board. If you were in the room, what question woul...
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Batavia school board narrows list of priority building projectsSep 24, 2014 5:30 am - Seats on the home side for varsity football games at Batavia High School could remain hard to come by, as the Batavia school board Tuesday pared a larger grandstand from...
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Quinn, Rauner focus on suburbs as key to their campaignsSep 24, 2014 5:00 am - Suburban voters, you can expect to see a lot of the two candidates for Illinois governor in the five weeks before Election Day. They both need you. And you're going hear...
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What should we ask Gov. Quinn?Sep 24, 2014 1:01 am - Dear readers, Gov. Pat Quinn will be visiting Thursday to present his case for re-election to the Daily Herald Editorial Board. If you were in the room, what question wo...
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Quinn agrees to stall dismissal of IDOT workersSep 24, 2014 1:01 am - SPRINGFIELD - Nearly five dozen Illinois Department of Transportation employees have been given a temporary reprieve from layoff because of a court agreement by Gov. Pat...
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Former state worker: 'I'm playing hooky ... Shhhhh'Sep 24, 2014 1:01 am - The top ethics officer in the Illinois treasurer's office is taking to task three former employees, including one who sent photos of himself at Wrigley Field and lying o...
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Chicago mayor wants state to reform drug lawsSep 23, 2014 1:01 am - Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel asked state legislators Tuesday to make possession of less than 1 gram of any controlled substance a misdemeanor and possession of less than 1...
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Obama scores coalition victory with Arab strikesSep 23, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - For President Barack Obama, the participation of five Arab nations in airstrikes against militants in Syria marked an unexpected foreign policy victory as he ...
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Airstrikes in Syria and Iraq are just the startSep 23, 2014 1:00 am - WASHINGTON —The one-two-three punch of American and Arab airstrikes against Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq was just the beginning, President Barack Obama and ...