Articles filed under Politics
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Obama weighs strategy against Islamic StateAug 14, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - The Obama administration is grappling with how to bridge the gap between its increasingly dire assessment of the threat posed by the Islamic State group and...
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State agency is ignoring salary database lawAug 13, 2014 5:00 am - Department says it wasn't given funding to create database
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Duckworth: Company that leaves U.S. is a 'deserter'Aug 13, 2014 1:01 am - U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth, a Hoffman Estates Democrat, Wednesday compared companies that want to move some operations overseas to lessen their tax burdens to soldiers wh...
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State Democrats make play for unity, push referendumsAug 13, 2014 1:01 am - SPRINGFIELD - Faced with a crucial midterm election where Republicans are seeking to reclaim the governor's mansion, Illinois Democrats used an annual party gathering We...
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Obama, Clinton to attend Martha's Vineyard partyAug 12, 2014 1:01 am - EDGARTOWN, Mass. - President Barack Obama will spend a bit of his summer vacation with Hillary Rodham Clinton, a get-together that comes amid signs that the former secre...
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Rule would limit immigrant driver's license callsAug 12, 2014 1:01 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois wants to head off businesses that are swamping the secretary of state's office with robotic requests for appointments for special immigrant driver...
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Rauner keeps up property tax pressureAug 12, 2014 1:01 am - Republican governor hopeful Bruce Rauner has launched a website and enlisted a suburban homeowner for a robocall supporting his effort to freeze suburban property taxes....
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Iraq isn't Syria: Congress on board this timeAug 12, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - Little of the impassioned debate that fractured lawmakers last year over possible military intervention in Syria is happening now as American war planes str...
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Quinn signs Pace shoulder-riding program into lawAug 11, 2014 1:01 am - Legislation that allows a suburban Chicago bus agency's vehicles to ride on the shoulders of a major roadway is now law. Gov. Pat Quinn signed a plan on Monday that mak...
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Great-uncle of Obama dies at age 89Aug 11, 2014 1:01 am - Charles T. Payne, a World War II veteran and great-uncle of President Barack Obama who was briefly in the public eye during his nephew's first presidential bid, has died...