Articles filed under Politics
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GOP hopefuls Sanguinetti, Schimpf to address Palatine RepublicansJun 02, 2014 1:01 am - Republican lieutenant governor candidate Evelyn Sanguinetti and Illinois attorney general hopeful Paul Schimpf will be the featured speakers this week at the Palatine To...
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Rauner: Term limits ballot question a 'major step'Jun 02, 2014 1:01 am - Republican candidate for governor Bruce Rauner says getting a question about legislative term limits on the November ballot is "a major step" in his effort to "shake up ...
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Jurors hear tapes at lawmaker's bribery trialJun 02, 2014 1:01 am - Jurors in Chicago have begun hearing secret recordings at the heart of the government's case against an Illinois lawmaker accused of taking a $7,000 bribe. Federal pros...
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Term limits petition likely has enough signaturesJun 02, 2014 1:01 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois election officials say the group that wants to impose an eight-year term limit on state legislators appears to have enough petition signatures to ...
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Editorial: Demand pledges against lame-duck tax hikesJun 01, 2014 5:01 am - We all remember how the temporary increase in the Illinois state income tax came about in the first place. It passed by razor-thin margins in a lame-duck session of the ...
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Gay marriage now law of land in IllinoisMay 31, 2014 12:00 pm - Many same-sex couples from across the suburbs will be allowed to marry in their home counties for the first time beginning Monday. Illinois' law allowing same-sex marri...
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The SoapboxMay 31, 2014 5:01 am - Ending well: The political process makes us all angry at times, but when legislative negotiating works, it can be very satisfying. So it is with a once-weak bill in...
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GOP lawmakers: Prisoner exchange violated lawMay 31, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - Two Republican lawmakers say President Barack Obama violated U.S. laws when he approved the exchange of an American soldier believed held by Islamist insurg...
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Lawmakers OK adding animals to protected listMay 31, 2014 1:01 am - SPRINGFIELD - An environmental group says Illinois lawmakers have passed a "common-sense" plan to protect three more animal species slowly returning to the state. The S...
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Dold, Schneider engage over VA wait timesMay 30, 2014 5:00 am - The scandal brewing at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs over veterans' health care has made it to the suburbs' highest-profile race for Congress. Republican Bob D...