Articles filed under Politics
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Now, state needs feds to step up to help replace unsafe lead pipeOct 07, 2021 1:00 am - Illinois can lead on lead pipe removal. We just need the funding to do so. As a legislator, nothing is more important to me than the health, safety and well-being of my ...
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Senate votes to lift debt ceiling into early DecemberOct 07, 2021 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The Senate dodged a U.S. debt disaster Thursday night, voting to extend the government's borrowing authority into December and temporarily avert an unpreced...
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Numbers alone don't tell the story of infrastructure billOct 06, 2021 1:00 am - Have you ever read a piece of congressional legislation? For a couple of years of my life, I read proposed bills almost every day in my role doing congressional liaison ...
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New complaints allege new legislative maps dilute Latino voteOct 06, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Plaintiffs in two lawsuits challenging the state's legislative redistricting plan have filed new complaints in federal court charging that the district map...
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Biden policies need better arguments than 'orange man bad'Oct 06, 2021 1:00 am - "First you win the argument, then you win the vote." That advice from Margaret Thatcher has been ignored by President Joe Biden and Democratic Party leaders to their det...
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Can $1 trillion coin fix debt limit? Quirky law says maybeOct 06, 2021 1:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Some politicians think they've found a silver bullet for the impasse over the debt limit, except the bullet is made of platinum: Mint a $1 trillion coi...
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Judge orders Texas to suspend law banning most abortionsOct 06, 2021 1:00 am - AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A federal judge on Wednesday ordered Texas to suspend the most restrictive abortion law in the U.S., calling it an "offensive deprivation" of a cons...
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Political divisions have broken up the foundations of our trustOct 05, 2021 1:00 am - What happened? How was it that what we once celebrated - the triumph of vaccines, those cups of orange juice that spelled the end of the iron lung - are now viewed with ...
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North Korea's threat and South Korea's successOct 05, 2021 1:00 am - By Arthur I. Cyr Guest columnist Once again, North Korea is engaging in disturbing provocation. The totalitarian regime in Pyongyang has announced successful launch of a...
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Pritzker order aims to end subminimum wage for disabled peopleOct 04, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed an executive order Monday that would prevent companies contracting with the state from paying disabled workers at less than the m...