Articles filed under Politics
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Republicans want more information on schools fixApr 08, 2014 1:01 am - SPRINGFIELD - State Sen. Matt Murphy, a Palatine Republican, complained Tuesday that a plan to change how Illinois pays for its schools is moving forward before it's cle...
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'Cuban Twitter' - overtly political, poking CastrosApr 08, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - Draft messages produced for a Twitter-like network that the U.S. government secretly built in Cuba were overtly political and poked fun at the Castro brothe...
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After Antioch woman's murder, House OKs GPS monitoring of suspectsApr 08, 2014 1:01 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois House approved legislation Tuesday to let judges authorize tracking someone with a GPS device as part of an order of protection, a proposal th...
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Lawmakers push for continued Great Lakes fundingApr 08, 2014 1:01 am - TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - Members of Congress from the Great Lakes region are lobbying colleagues to continue funding a cleanup program for the inland seas. Forty-six House...
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Craig James joins Family Research CouncilApr 08, 2014 1:01 am - Former college football broadcaster Craig James has joined the conservative Family Research Council, where he said he would fight against the kind of "religious bigotry"...
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Young Utah couple becomes face of gay marriageApr 08, 2014 1:01 am - SALT LAKE CITY - Derek Kitchen was a teenager still coming to grips with his sexual orientation when yard signs began popping up throughout his suburban Salt Lake City n...
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Moody's sees Chicago pension proposal as positiveApr 08, 2014 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — A leading credit rating agency called legislation to overhaul to Chicago's pension funds a “positive development ” but said it won't solve all the city's p...
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Chicago pension overhaul sent to QuinnApr 08, 2014 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — State lawmakers on Tuesday approved Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's proposal for overhauling two city pension programs that officials say could otherwise be o...
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Aurora Democrat calls out IHSAApr 07, 2014 1:01 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois House set the stage for hearings to question the operations of the Illinois High School Association and its organization of sports championshi...
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Senate OKs adding animals to protected listApr 07, 2014 1:01 am - SPRINGFIELD - State lawmakers have approved a proposal that would add three animals to the list of protected species in Illinois. The Senate on Monday passed a measure ...