Articles filed under Politics
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Faster deportations? A possible border crisis dealJul 10, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - Outlines of a possible compromise that would more quickly deport minors arriving from Central America emerged Thursday as part of President Barack Obama's $...
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Illinois manages to send schools' checks on timeJul 09, 2014 1:01 am - Illinois schools have received promised grant payments from the state on time for the first time since 2007 - but in another sign of the state's precarious financial sit...
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10-year sentence for ex-New Orleans Mayor NaginJul 09, 2014 1:01 am - NEW ORLEANS - When Ray Nagin was elected mayor in 2002, there was real hope that he was a break from the city's sleazy past. Three years later, with his city awash in f...
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&A on push to treat young immigrants as refugeesJul 09, 2014 1:01 am - TUCSON, Ariz. - Pressure continues to mount on the federal government to treat as refugees the thousands of children traveling alone from Central America and crossing th...
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Topinka: Income tax rollback means '$2 billion collapse'Jul 09, 2014 1:01 am - QUINCY, Ill. - Illinois Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka is warning of "a $2 billion collapse" next year when the state's temporary income tax increase begins to roll back....
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Democrats offer pushback against Hobby Lobby rulingJul 09, 2014 1:01 am - U.S. Reps. Brad Schneider of Deerfield and Tammy Duckworth of Hoffman Estates are among the Democrats nationally behind legislation aimed at upending the effects of the ...
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Legislative panel might halt anti-violence probe temporarilyJul 09, 2014 1:01 am - An Illinois legislative panel is considering temporarily suspending a key part of its investigation into Gov. Pat Quinn's troubled anti-violence program after it receive...
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Obama presses Congress to consent on border moneyJul 09, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - Tens of thousands of children streaming from chaotic Central American nations to the U.S. border have overwhelmed the government's ability to respond, senio...
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New law furthers Illinois adoptees' rightsJul 09, 2014 1:01 am - Gov. Pat Quinn has signed legislation aimed at allowing adoptees and birth family members to learn more about their family histories. The bill will help people gain info...
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State lags in hiring to oversee 'fracking'Jul 09, 2014 1:00 am - More than a year after a much-lauded compromise paved the way for high-volume oil and gas extraction in Illinois, the agency in charge of overseeing the practice has hir...