Articles filed under Politics
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Should Barrington have a village sales tax? Voters will decide.Jul 27, 2018 5:30 am - Barrington voters will decide whether a village sales tax should be enacted to generate up to a projected $1 million in annual revenue to help pay for infrastructure imp...
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In midst of pension crisis, many schools still spiking contractsJul 27, 2018 1:00 am - Illinois has a public pension crisis. That's not really news, though. State officials have known about it for decades, before former Gov. Jim Edgar exacerbated the situa...
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Montenegro is Trump's latest misdirectionJul 27, 2018 1:00 am - Do you want your child fighting and dying for Montenegro? It's something you should be thinking about. That may seem like an odd question, given the more sobering ones a...
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Nonbinding referendum on sweetened beverage tax on Elk Grove Township ballotJul 27, 2018 1:00 am - Elk Grove Township voters will have a chance to weigh in on Cook County's short-lived sweetened beverage tax - which expired last November after commissioners overwhelmi...
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Why is Mueller handing off key cases?Jul 26, 2018 1:00 am - Something has been going on with Robert Mueller's investigation of people thought to have played significant roles in the Trump-Russia affair. The special counsel, assig...
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State program can help assure secure retirement for thousandsJul 26, 2018 1:00 am - Most Americans believe true retirement is not an option. A recent survey by Employee Benefit Research Institute found 79 percent of workers expect to keep working even a...
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Trump's foreign policy smashes our defining idealsJul 25, 2018 1:00 am - Setting aside the issue of whether the president is wittingly advancing the interests of a hostile power - a qualification that is only imaginable in the Trump era - wha...
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'I will be resigning' says lawmaker who shouted slur on TVJul 25, 2018 1:00 am - ATLANTA (AP) - A Georgia lawmaker says "I will be resigning" after he exposed himself and yelled racial slurs on provocateur Sacha Baron Cohen's cable TV show, according...
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District 73 to seek $48.7 million for building expansion, upgradesJul 25, 2018 1:00 am - After months of discussion and fine-tuning, Hawthorn Elementary District 73 officials will seek voter approval to borrow $48.7 million for school renovations and expansi...
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China's Xi warns of no winner in Trump trade disputeJul 25, 2018 1:00 am - JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Chinese President Xi Jinping said Wednesday the world faces "a choice between cooperation and confrontation" amid a trade war with the United States ...