Articles filed under Politics
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Evangelical leaders are tidying up the kitchen while the house burns downAug 30, 2019 1:00 am - Much white evangelical support for Donald Trump is based on a bargain or transaction: political loyalty (and political cover for the president's moral flaws) in return f...
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A world on fireAug 30, 2019 1:00 am - A question for this moment: If the Earth's lungs were on fire and the doctor refused to treat it, would there be cause for a third-party intervention? This is a rhetoric...
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Why don't 2020 Democratic also-rans quit the race?Aug 29, 2019 1:00 am - So far, four Democratic presidential candidates - Eric Swalwell, John Hickenlooper, Seth Moulton and Jay Inslee - have dropped out of the 2020 race. What is amazing is t...
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Attorney general says ex-lawmakers waited too long to seek back payAug 29, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois attorney general says two former lawmakers should not receive back pay for frozen cost-of-living increases and forced furlough days because th...
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Trump administration to reverse limits on methane, a powerful greenhouse gasAug 29, 2019 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The Environmental Protection Agency is set to announce Thursday that it will loosen federal rules on methane, a powerful greenhouse gas linked to climate ch...
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Citing $838M deficit, Lightfoot warns of 'hard choices' aheadAug 29, 2019 1:00 am - Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Thursday entered the living rooms of Chicagoans in a televised address to warn of "hard choices" ahead, revealing a staggering deficit of $838 mi...
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Building an inclusive United Nations with Taiwan on boardAug 29, 2019 1:00 am - By Jaushieh Joseph Wu This July, President Tsai Ing-wen of the Republic of China (Taiwan) traveled through New York, an icon of diversity and freedom and home to the Uni...
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New law will abolish charter school commissionAug 29, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — The state commission that oversees charter schools is set to be abolished next year while its powers and duties will be transferred to the Illinois State B...
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Democracy won't die if we don't let itAug 28, 2019 1:00 am - Democracy's premise is that ordinary citizens can make solid decisions on complex issues. But this basic principle and the structure of laws and practices erected over t...
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Lightfoot vows to show 'path forward' in Thursday's 'State of the City' addressAug 28, 2019 1:00 am - Though Mayor Lori Lightfoot has dismissed the first-100-days tradition as a "Hallmark holiday created by the media, not us," the first-term mayor spent Wednesday touting...