Articles filed under Politics
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Hawthorn District 73 referendum strategy: Keep it simpleAug 15, 2018 1:00 am - The decision by Hawthorn District 73 to seek $48.7 million from taxpayers in November for school renovations and expansions took months of laborious discussion, public s...
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Kansas governor concedes, says he will endorse Kris KobachAug 15, 2018 1:00 am - WICHITA, Kan. - Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer says he will endorse Republican nominee for governor Kris Kobach after conceding in the state's GOP primary in a surprise announc...
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Lake County Board members spar over advisory property tax referendumAug 14, 2018 1:00 am - A divided Lake County Board voted Tuesday to put a question on the Nov. 6 ballot asking if the General Assembly should amend Illinois' Constitution and ban a statewide p...
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Democrats look to longshot territory for midterm gainsAug 13, 2018 1:00 am - MASON, Ohio - As Aftab Pureval campaigns for Congress in southwest Ohio, he sometimes smilingly introduces himself as "a brown dude with a funny name." The Ohio native i...
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Batavia may put own home-rule question on November ballotAug 13, 2018 1:00 am - Batavians may be asked to vote twice Nov. 6 about whether the city should retain its home-rule powers. The city council is considering putting an advisory referendum que...
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Jesse Jackson Sr.: Message to racists: You will not defeat usAug 12, 2018 1:00 am - An American hero, Heather Heyer is never far from my thoughts, my prayers and my gratitude for her service to our country. A year has passed since she was killed in Char...
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Don't let politics dumb you downAug 12, 2018 1:00 am - In the era of President Donald Trump, politics is reduced to a fatuous, debilitating spectacle. We screech, we weep, we laugh bitterly. We don't seem to think much. Yet ...
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Vulnerable Democrats should hope for GOP unity on KavanaughAug 12, 2018 1:00 am - It is difficult to imagine any Republican senator opposing President Donald Trump's nomination to the Supreme Court of Brett M. Kavanaugh, a judge with impeccable creden...
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Constable: Suburban birder honked off by plans to change conservation lawAug 11, 2018 1:00 am - While birders are celebrating the 100th anniversary of the iconic conservation law credited with saving birds such as the trumpeter swan and the bald eagle from extincti...
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The only way to save the GOP is to defeat it in the HouseAug 10, 2018 1:00 am - University of Chicago researchers - who clearly have a lot of time on their hands - have found that the use of certain brands and products is a good predictor of your le...