Articles filed under Politics
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Of cats and menJun 06, 2021 1:00 am - "Ordinarily, the death of a cat means little to most men, a lot to fewer men, but to me, and that cat, it was exactly and no lie and sincerely like the death of my littl...
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Editorial; Democracy matters more than getting your wayJun 05, 2021 2:00 pm - CLARIFICATION: A quote in this editorial has been modified from the originally published versiion using an ellipsis to replace words that may have left the impressi...
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'A step in the right direction': Cops back changes in justice reform billJun 04, 2021 5:30 am - Suburban police leaders still aren't thrilled with the sweeping criminal justice reform bill signed into law by Gov. J.B. Pritzker in February, but they're feeling bette...
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'We can't force them not to sell': State lawmakers on likelihood of Arlington Park saleJun 04, 2021 5:30 am - While state lawmakers might wish that Arlington Park remain open for horse racing, they're not taking nearly the same tack as former Gov. Jim Edgar, who thinks legislato...
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Pritzker flips on map promise, signs Democrats' versionJun 04, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday signed a law establishing legislative district maps to govern elections for the next 10 years after promising as a candidate t...
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Why 'Black Wall Street' mattersJun 04, 2021 1:00 am - Buried in the annals of our history is a little-known catastrophic event in America called the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921. Only recently brought to light, President Bid...
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Facebook suspends Trump for 2 years, then will reassessJun 04, 2021 1:00 am - Facebook said it will suspend former President Donald Trump's accounts for two years following its finding that he stoked violence ahead of the deadly Jan. 6 insurrectio...
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House Dems unveil $547B infrastructure bill amid Biden talksJun 04, 2021 1:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - House Democrats released a plan Friday for spending $547 billion over the next five years on road, mass transit and rail projects, a blueprint for what...
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'Law and order' gambit doesn't work anymoreJun 04, 2021 1:00 am - It worked for Richard Nixon, who won the presidency in 1968, redrawing the electoral map. The once-solidly Democratic South, which supported John Kennedy and Lyndon John...
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Can the U.S. sustain the international order?Jun 03, 2021 1:00 am - We don't often think that how the U.S. conducts itself at home has much impact on how we face the world, but it does. You'd be amazed at how closely people in countries ...