Articles filed under Politics
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Syndicated columnist Marc Munroe Dion: Fountains, fairy tales and trollsJun 19, 2022 1:00 am - There is a legend (or they say there is) that, if you go to Rome, you can pitch pocket change into one of the fountains and it will draw you back to Rome. This is good i...
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Why North Aurora Fire Department is asking residents to approve a tax hikeJun 19, 2022 1:00 am - In 1963, North Aurora opened its first fire station to serve its 2,500 residents. Nearly 60 years later, the village's population is 10 times larger, but that original f...
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Syndicated columnist Veronique de Rugy: Biden's budget deficit victory lap is unearned and unjustifiedJun 19, 2022 1:00 am - President Joe Biden is taking victory laps for last year's reduced budget deficit. No one would be happier than me to see this number fall in a significant way. But the ...
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English as national language? Border wall? 11th District Republicans discuss immigrationJun 17, 2022 5:15 am - Republicans running for Illinois' 11th Congressional District seat expressed varied stances on immigration policy reform and what to do about people already in the count...
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Syndicated columnist Jamie Stiehm: My father's father: The traces he leftJun 17, 2022 1:00 am - My father's father died when Dad was 8, just before the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Born in 1901, the grandfather I never knew died in 1941. It was the darkest of times for...
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Syndicated columnist Debra J. Saunders: When the mob is liberal, Biden doesn't careJun 17, 2022 1:00 am - The flyer urging activists to protest in front of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch's Maryland home offers two reasons for violating the privacy of a public servan...
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Syndicated columnist Debra J. Saunders: When the mob is liberal, Biden doesn't careJun 17, 2022 1:00 am - The flyer urging activists to protest in front of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch's Maryland home offers two reasons for violating the privacy of a public servan...
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Troops at the polls and no early voting? How 6th District GOP candidates would tackle election integrityJun 17, 2022 1:00 am - One of the Republicans seeking Illinois' 6th Congressional District seat wants to eliminate voting by mail and early voting, while another said military troops or securi...
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Suburban representatives claim mutual funds - but no individual stocks - in new disclosuresJun 16, 2022 1:00 am - Congressional representatives serving the North, West and Northwest suburbs claimed pensions, mutual funds and even a teaching stipend among their assets and income on n...
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Daily Herald columnist Jim Slusher: Some things to remember about writing, or reading, campaign lettersJun 16, 2022 1:00 am - As much as we all claim to love democracy, elections do not necessarily bring out the best in us. As the 2022 primary elections get under way, the behaviors and misbeha...