Articles filed under Politics
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Lawmaker plans to expand Rosemont cigarette taxMar 26, 2014 1:00 am - A plan to let Rosemont and three other Illinois cities apply their local cigarette taxes to cigars and other forms of tobacco won initial approval in the state Senate We...
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Harmon: Raise tax rates for incomes over $180,000Mar 25, 2014 1:01 am - Clarification: Income above $180,000 a year would be taxed at a higher rate under a plan offered Tuesday by a leading suburban Democrat. Income above $180,000 a ye...
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Link: Shelve Fox Waterway elimination plan for nowMar 25, 2014 1:01 am - Political Editor mriopell@dailyherald.com SPRINGFIELD - State Sen. Terry Link said Tuesday he'll shelve his plan to dissolve the Fox Waterway Agency for now in favor of ...
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Current retirees out of bill to end 13th pension paymentMar 25, 2014 1:01 am - SPRINGFIELD - A proposal to eliminate a controversial 13th annual pension payment for local government retirees was approved by a House committee Tuesday but only if cur...
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Kane judge race 'not over' as absentee ballots come inMar 24, 2014 1:01 am - A close race for a 16th Judicial Circuit judge seat has become even closer absentee and other ballots have arrived in Kane County. Geneva attorney D.J. Tegeler's 26-vote...
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Kirk won't campaign for Oberweis' US Senate bidMar 24, 2014 1:01 am - Illinois' Republican U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk says he has no plans to campaign with the GOP state lawmaker hoping to unseat Democratic U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin in November. On ...
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Editorial: Campaign '14 and the politics of distractionMar 23, 2014 5:00 am - This editorial is not at its heart about the minimum wage, but the issue is a convenient spot to begin today's reflections on Campaign '14 and so we start there. First, ...
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Clinton appeals to idealism of college studentsMar 22, 2014 1:01 am - TEMPE, Ariz. - Looking out to a theater full of motivated college students, Hillary Rodham Clinton said their generation showed great promise as "open-minded and toleran...
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Rhode Island speaker to step down after FBI raidsMar 22, 2014 1:01 am - PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Rhode Island House Speaker Gordon Fox is resigning from his leadership post and will not run for re-election, he said Saturday, a day after federal an...
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Police phone-tracking contracts often kept secretMar 21, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - Police across the country may be intercepting phone calls or text messages to find suspects using a technology tool known as Stingray. But they're refusing ...