Articles filed under Politics
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Jack Roeser lauded as committed to conservatives and communityJun 13, 2014 1:01 am - Jack Roeser, a businessman and conservative icon in the suburbs who was one of the earliest supporters of the Tea Party in Illinois and who staunchly opposed organized l...
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IRS to Congress: Emails are missingJun 13, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - The Internal Revenue Service said Friday it has lost a trove of emails to and from a central figure in the agency's tea party controversy, sparking outrage ...
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Rauner joins Duffy on barbershop tourJun 12, 2014 11:00 pm - Republican candidate for Governor Bruce Rauner joined state Sen. Dan Duffy of Lake Barrington on a tour of barbershops on Chicago's South Side last weekend. Duffy, who w...
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French far right torn by father-daughter feudJun 12, 2014 1:01 am - PARIS - A tempest has been unleashed upon the House of Le Pen, the seat of France's rising far right, with the wounded patriarch and founder of the National Front lashin...
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Illinois health campaign among nation's costliestJun 12, 2014 1:01 am - President Barack Obama's home state agreed to spend $33 million in federal money promoting his health care law, hiring a high-priced public relations firm for work that ...
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Former President Bush, 90, makes parachute jumpJun 12, 2014 1:01 am - KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine - Former President George H.W. Bush celebrated his 90th birthday on Thursday by making a tandem parachute jump near his summer home in coastal Maine...
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Romney tries to re-emerge as force in GOP politicsJun 12, 2014 1:01 am - BOSTON - Once fearing he would be viewed as "a loser for life" if he failed to win the presidency, Mitt Romney is trying to re-emerge as a force in Republican politics. ...
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For White House, little joy in Cantor's defeatJun 12, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - For years, the White House saw House Majority Leader Eric Cantor as a chief driver of Republicans' staunch opposition to nearly all of President Barack Obam...
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Editorial: Help on the horizon for water, flooding problemsJun 12, 2014 1:01 am - A new water policy advanced by Gov. Pat Quinn and of special interest to many suburbs prone to flooding has passed both houses of the legislature without any opposition....
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Long waits at the VA for mental health careJun 12, 2014 1:01 am - EL PASO, Texas - Nick D'Amico, a deeply troubled Army veteran, had been seeing a counselor every other week. But he found it next to impossible to get a follow-up appoin...