Articles filed under Politics
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Local signs we are living through the climate emergencyApr 12, 2021 1:00 am - Climate emergency. Why do so many of us turn away from these two simple words when, by acting together, we can greatly reduce the threat? Let's take a closer at what liv...
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GOP congressman adds his voice to calls for redistricting commissionApr 12, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Congressman Rodney Davis joined his Republican colleagues in the General Assembly Monday in calling on Gov. J.B. Pritzker to support legislation to form an...
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Community colleges will be key to recovery from pandemicApr 11, 2021 1:00 am - April is Community College Month. As a proud Harper College alum, vice chair of the Harper College Board of Trustees and board member of the Association of Community Col...
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Fried eggs and beer and the long waitApr 11, 2021 1:00 am - I am part of a small chain of three men, all of us riding out the pandemic, none of us particularly young. One of us is fully retired from the food service industry. I a...
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Other updated vote totalsApr 09, 2021 1:00 am - Algonquin Library District (Two 6-year terms): Lindsay Taylor, 907; Tracy Sharkey, 631; Andrew Fekete, 614; Ariel Flores, 506. Barrington Area Library District (Two 6-ye...
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Wisconsin Supreme Court says don't purge voters from rollsApr 09, 2021 1:00 am - MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The Wisconsin Supreme Court sided with Democrats on Friday and ruled that the state elections commission should not remove from the rolls voters fla...
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Judge awards back pay to ex-lawmakers who rejected raisesApr 09, 2021 1:00 am - Two former state lawmakers who argued that a freeze on raises violated the state Constitution can collect back pay, a judge said. Comptroller Susana Mendoza pledged to a...
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Virtual discussion with state Rep. Stava-Murray to focus on police reform billApr 09, 2021 1:00 am - The League of Women Voters of Naperville is hosting a virtual discussion next week with state Rep. Anne Stava-Murray about Illinois' new criminal justice reform legislat...
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Will Joe Biden's Jim Crow big lie boomerang?Apr 09, 2021 1:00 am - The big lie works - until it doesn't. The big lie in this case is Joe Biden's charge that the changes in Georgia election law passed by the majority-Republican legislatu...
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And to all the left-wing crazies ...Apr 09, 2021 1:00 am - Former President Donald Trump wished a happy Easter to all including "Radical Left CRAZIES." "Happy Easter to ALL, including the Radical Left CRAZIES who rigged our Pres...