Articles filed under Politics
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Roskam, Casten disagree on lifting payroll tax cap for Social SecurityOct 01, 2018 5:40 am - As one candidate for U.S. House of Representatives in Illinois' 6th District says, "100 percent of the people in this district want to be old someday." Where Democrat Se...
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Tollway needs help from motorists to ensure worker safetySep 30, 2018 1:00 am - Last year, we lost one of our colleagues at the Illinois Tollway when he was struck and killed by a vehicle while working along the Tri-State Tollway. Nearly a year to t...
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Trump is hastening the arrival of a post-American worldSep 30, 2018 1:00 am - President Donald Trump's speech on Tuesday at the United Nations was an intelligent - at times eloquent - presentation of his "America First" world view. He laid out an ...
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Quiet start to Supreme Court term amid tumult over KavanaughSep 28, 2018 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON - It's the storm before the calm at the Supreme Court. Americans watched Thursday's high court nomination hearing of Judge Brett Kavanaugh with rapt attention...
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After fire station controversy, Rolling Meadows mayor wants voters to decide on future borrowingSep 28, 2018 5:27 am - Rolling Meadows Mayor Len Prejna wants voters to have the right to approve any future city borrowing, in light of the controversy over escalating costs to build two new ...
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Kavanaugh-Ford hearing: A dramatic lesson on gender rolesSep 28, 2018 1:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - He let his anger flare repeatedly, interrupted his questioners and cried several times during his opening statement. She strived to remain calm and polit...
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Voters in Green Oaks asked for a third time to fund road repairsSep 28, 2018 1:00 am - Village leaders in Green Oaks again are asking residents for money to fix deteriorating local roads. Two previous requests in 2016 were defeated and the need hasn't less...
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As a teen, Kavanaugh was never a legal drinker in MarylandSep 28, 2018 1:00 am - BOSTON - Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has readily acknowledged that he often drank beer during his prep school days and made a point in his congressional testim...
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'Friendship' not the issue in providing foreign aidSep 28, 2018 1:00 am - In his speech to the U.N. General Assembly this week, President Donald Trump explained that he had directed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to review America's foreign ai...
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Trump urges Senate to vote after Kavanaugh's fierce defenseSep 28, 2018 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Glued to high-stakes testimony on his Supreme Court nominee, President Donald Trump and his allies were shaken by Christine Blasey Ford's emotional appearan...