Articles filed under Politics
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Bill to stop some driver's license suspensions stallsMay 28, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Without any knowledge of what was happening, Rodney Shelton, a city worker with the Chicago Fire Department, racked up almost $9,000 in non-moving vehicle ...
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Trading morality for a good economyMay 28, 2019 1:00 am - American politics has become a case study of the type that college professors employ in Ethics 101. If the economy is good, does presidential corruption actually matter?...
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Dueling billboards don't improve abortion debateMay 28, 2019 1:00 am - Driving along Colorado's scenic byways, one might be distracted these days by a series of billboards promoting safe abortions or, depending upon one's route, alternative...
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Vaping could be added to public smoking banMay 28, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Senate is considering a bill that would expand the state's general ban on smoking in public places to include e-cigarettes and other alternati...
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Property tax task force, relief fund bills advance in SpringfieldMay 28, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A pair of measures aimed at addressing high property taxes in the state were advanced by a House committee Tuesday, one day after legislators voted to put ...
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Illinois House votes to expand abortion rightsMay 28, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois House voted to bolster the right to abortion on Tuesday as Democratic-led states respond to restrictions placed by some Republican-led states ...
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Honoring and remembering our fallen heroes is reason for Memorial DayMay 27, 2019 1:00 am - Our nation has been blessed. Since our country's founding nearly two and half centuries ago, men and women of every generation have answered the call to serve. They left...
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The virtues of compromiseMay 26, 2019 1:00 am - Joe Biden is aiming his campaign pitch directly at the sensible center of American politics. "Compromise itself is not a dirty word," he asserted during his announcement...
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The key to representative democracy? Persuasion.May 26, 2019 1:00 am - I am lucky enough these days to be in regular touch with young people - students - who are interested in public service. I find hope in their quality, energy, and motiva...
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85% of those who'd pay more under graduated income tax would be from Chicago and suburbsMay 25, 2019 1:00 am - Editor’s note: This story is part of an ongoing series about proposed changes in the state income tax formula. When Gov. J.B. Pritzker unveiled his plan for a grad...