Articles filed under Politics
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Sen. Lindsey Graham in 2017: 'Holy hell to pay' if Sessions is fired. In 2018: 'When was that? What year?'Nov 09, 2018 12:00 am - Standing in the halls of Congress, Sen. Lindsey O. Graham, R-S.C., vowed that he was 100 percent behind Attorney General Jeff Sessions. It was July 27, 2017, and Preside...
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Noland: Door-to-door push was difference in winning judge seatNov 08, 2018 12:00 am - Former Elgin state Sen. Michael Noland estimates he went 15 miles on his Segway almost every day from the beginning of July to this week campaigning for a circuit judge ...
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Suburban activists join national protest supporting Mueller probeNov 08, 2018 12:00 am -
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Fox River and Countryside fire chief after rejected tax hike: 'Where do we go from here?'Nov 07, 2018 12:00 am - The Fox River and Countryside Fire/Rescue District's request for a property tax increase has failed yet again, leaving Chief John Nixon and the fire board facing what ha...
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Blackberry Township road tax increase shot downNov 07, 2018 12:00 am - For the fifth time in 14 years, Blackberry Township voters rejected a proposal Tuesday to hike taxes to fix and maintain township roads. With all precincts reporting, th...
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Don't let midterm madness blot out memory of KhashoggiNov 07, 2018 12:00 am - The midterm elections are finally over, more or less, and we got what we got - Donald Trump is still president. Sorry, but someone had to say it. Now back to the cold r...
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Underwood pledges a pro-woman agenda and a fight in CongressNov 07, 2018 12:00 am - As Naperville's Lauren Underwood approached the lectern Tuesday night to make her victory speech in the hotly contested 14th Congressional District, she looked into the ...
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The historic firsts of the 2018 midtermsNov 07, 2018 12:00 am - The results of the 2018 midterm election ushered in one of the most diverse groups of politicians in American history, bringing in a wave of governors, senators and repr...
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How activism, health care concerns pushed Casten to CongressNov 07, 2018 12:00 am - Editor's note: This article has been updated to correct the spelling of the name of Reid McCollum with the Coalition for a Better Illinois 6th. Democratic Rep.-elec...
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Democratic women make unprecedented gains in DuPage CountyNov 07, 2018 12:00 am - DuPage County Democrats longed for it. DuPage Republicans feared it. When it finally came Tuesday, it wasn't so much a blue wave that swept down the DuPage ballot as it ...