Articles filed under Politics
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Health agencies refusing $8 million in federal money because of new, 'unethical' rulesJul 20, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - All three Illinois organizations set to receive millions of dollars in federal family planning funds are declining them due to new rules they say are "unet...
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Columnist revisits his optimistic viewpoint after Armstrong steps on moonJul 19, 2019 1:00 am - At age 75, I don't remember much that happened 50 years ago, but I can clearly recall the Sunday when Neil Armstrong stepped from the bottom rung of the ladder of the Ap...
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Murnane's 1969 column: First cancer, hunger, then MarsJul 19, 2019 1:00 am - Editor's Note: Here is the column former Daily Herald political editor Ed Murnane wrote for the Daily Herald on July 22, 1969. By Ed Murnane Michael, at an age of sligh...
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Lottery Week celebrates contributions to IllinoisJul 19, 2019 1:00 am - In its first year of existence 45 years ago, the Illinois Lottery created its first millionaire. Her name was Irene Halley, and since then we've made 1,895 additional mi...
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The newspaper as a magical looking glass into historyJul 18, 2019 1:00 am - Stacked safely away in my attic are some keepsakes I rarely look at but could never part with. There is the Nov. 3, 2016, edition of the Daily Herald and several other n...
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'Justice wasn't served': 50 years since ChappaquiddickJul 18, 2019 1:00 am - BOSTON - The crash ended a young woman's life, and with it, a man's White House dreams. U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's Oldsmobile sedan veered off a narrow bridge on Chap...
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Schumer calls for investigation into FaceApp over security concerns, Russia tiesJul 18, 2019 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Warning of national security and privacy risks for millions of Americans, Senate Democrat leader Chuck Schumer, New York, urged the FBI and the Federal Trad...
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The next steps for our communityJul 18, 2019 1:00 am - It has been a long, difficult 16 months since the city of Elgin experienced its first officer-involved fatal shooting in more than 20 years. On March 12, 2018, the Elgin...
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House prepares to pass long-sought $15 minimum wage legislationJul 18, 2019 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - House Democrats are preparing to vote to lift the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, delivering on a long-standing liberal priority that has become a rall...
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Suburban Republicans object to Sterigenics settlementJul 18, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A group of suburban Republican lawmakers is calling on state and local officials to reverse course on a consent order that would allow a sterilization comp...