Articles filed under Politics
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Slusher: Luck, courage and 'a sense of the time': Another early-June anniversary to commemorateJun 06, 2019 1:00 am - We talk today of wars gone by. Yesterday's news. These are days to remember debts to the past. We have just left behind the cemeteries of Memorial Day. As our editorial ...
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Diocese of Springfield refuses communion to Madigan, Cullerton for backing 'evil' abortion billJun 06, 2019 1:00 am - The Roman Catholic bishop of Springfield has banned the General Assembly's leaders from receiving Holy Communion at local churches because of their involvement in aborti...
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Car fee, tax would wipe out graduated tax plan's savings for many in IllinoisJun 05, 2019 5:30 am - The savings lower- and middle-income taxpayers would see under a graduated income tax plan that still needs voter approval would be erased by tax and fee hikes on their ...
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Arrests along Mexico border surged again in May, blowing past 'breaking point'Jun 05, 2019 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The Central American migration boom that has swamped U.S. authorities grew even larger in May, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection statistics re...
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Credit reporting agencies must pay the price for their breachesJun 05, 2019 1:00 am - "My life has been a complete nightmare, for I have been denied credit, turned down (for) employment and unable to provide adequate shelter for me and my sons." These are...
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Colleges committed to ideological diversityJun 05, 2019 1:00 am - See the text of Williams' column from today's Daily Herald here: ...
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How Randy Shilts went from Aurora conservative to gay iconJun 04, 2019 5:30 am - An outspoken conservative Republican activist while growing up in Aurora, Randy Shilts would no doubt have voiced strong opinions about Aurora Pride 2019, which kicks of...
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Will gambling expansion really bring state $1 billion a year?Jun 04, 2019 5:20 am - Some are skeptical of that figure after past predictions were wrong
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The snowballing climate science Jefferson would have understoodJun 04, 2019 1:00 am - When you enter the National Climatic Data Center in Ashville, North Carolina, you find a ledger in a glass case that contains carefully gathered climate records from 18t...
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Virginia governor will convene special session of legislature to take up gun controlJun 04, 2019 1:00 am - RICHMOND, Va. - Gov. Ralph Northam said Tuesday he is calling lawmakers back to Richmond for a special session of the General Assembly to take up a package of gun contro...