Articles filed under Politics
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A history belle's pick of presidentsFeb 21, 2020 12:00 am - So, here we are on Presidents Day in Washington, the city hushed on the holiday. Picture me on the porch looking over my personal A-list. George Washington receives vis...
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Endorse: Iqbal in House District 65 Democratic primaryFeb 21, 2020 12:00 am - Ten days after taking his Kane County Board seat, Mohammad "Mo" Iqbal, of Elgin, proposed eliminating health and dental benefits for county board members, calling the $2...
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Endorsements: Schofield for GOP, Ness for Democrats in House District 66Feb 21, 2020 12:00 am - Republican voters in state House District 66 will see a rematch of two veteran politicians in the March 17 primary, while Democratic voters will choose between a pair of...
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Shaving to the boneFeb 21, 2020 12:00 am - In World War I, when the combatants hunkered down fearfully in miles of opposing trenches, everything took on the name of the trench. There was trench foot, a disease, a...
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Sanders' economic plan looks like a duck, despite how some quackFeb 21, 2020 12:00 am - As Sen. Bernie Sanders looks more and more like the one who may win the Democratic presidential nomination, some tell us that he isn't the radical leftist others make hi...
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Endorsement: Trevor for Democrats in House 54Feb 21, 2020 12:00 am - Maggie Trevor and Ryan Huffman, Democrats vying to take on state Rep. Tom Morrison in Illinois House District 54, have similar platforms. In a joint Q&A with Daily Heral...
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Bar associations release Cook judicial candidate evaluationsFeb 21, 2020 12:00 am - The Illinois State Bar Association, whose membership numbers about 28,000, and the Chicago Bar Association, which has about 20,000 members, released judicial candidate e...
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A different kind of resistance is building in WashingtonFeb 20, 2020 10:00 pm - It was a moment that summed up why everyone feels so hopeless about Washington. Before his State of the Union address earlier this month, President Donald Trump refused ...
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Endorsement: Krishnamoorthi for Democrats in the 8th Congressional DistrictFeb 20, 2020 12:00 am - Raja Krishnamoorthi's front-and-center role in the recent impeachment drama in Congress has increased his prominence nationally as well as in the 8th District. A member ...
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Endorsement: Kinzler for GOP in U.S. House District 6Feb 20, 2020 12:00 am - If you break down the race for the Republican nomination for Illinois' 6th District of Congress, you likely will come to these conclusions about the messages of candidat...