Articles filed under Politics
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Election officials vote on 2 ballot itemsJun 17, 2014 1:01 am - A measure calling for lawmaker term limits is all but ready for the November ballot, state elections officials decided Tuesday in Chicago. They also reluctantly agreed t...
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Editorial: It will take more than this to shake up SpringfieldJun 17, 2014 1:01 am - Illinoisans have been longing for years for an end to the "business as usual" nature of shady backroom deals orchestrated by entrenched power brokers that defines our st...
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Lawmakers: IRS lost more emails in Tea Party probeJun 17, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - Congressional investigators say the Internal Revenue Service has lost more emails connected to the Tea Party investigation. The IRS said last Friday it had ...
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Prairie chickens an election issueJun 16, 2014 1:01 am - NEWTON -- A program to boost Illinois' declining population of greater prairie chickens is becoming an election-year issue, with some turning the bird into a feathered s...
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Quinn says Obama library belongs in ChicagoJun 16, 2014 1:01 am - Gov. Pat Quinn says an Obama presidential library should be in Chicago, but he doesn't have a favorite site. The Chicago Democrat spoke to reporters after an unrelated ...
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Chicago, New York, Hawaii bid for Obama libraryJun 16, 2014 1:01 am - At least six locations in three different states entered official bids by Monday's deadline in an effort to house Barack Obama's presidential library. Four of the confir...
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Lawmaker wants probe of $33 million health campaignJun 16, 2014 1:01 am - A Republican state lawmaker has called for an investigation into how Illinois spent $33 million in federal money to promote President Barack Obama's health care law - in...
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Judge lifts federal oversight on Chicago hiringJun 16, 2014 1:01 am - Who you know may not be enough to land a job at Chicago's city hall anymore. A federal judge on Monday ended nine years of federal oversight of Chicago municipal hiring,...
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Quinn signs Medicaid service restorationJun 16, 2014 1:01 am - Gov. Pat Quinn signed a law Monday that would restore some Medicaid services the state cut in 2012 and could give Illinois access to about $2.4 billion in federal money ...
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Gun control group marches across Brooklyn BridgeJun 14, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - Some carried photos of loved ones cut down by a bullet. Others held signs imploring Congress to act. And nearly all shouted out "Not one more," a tear-stained...