Articles filed under Politics
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New Vernon Township supervisor will run for state Rep. Carol Sente's seatNov 09, 2017 12:00 am - Vernon Township Supervisor Daniel Didech announced he is going to run to replace Democratic state Rep. Carol Sente after she steps down as the representative for the 59t...
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Senate GOP plan would delay corporate tax cut, protect mortgage interest deductionNov 08, 2017 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON - Senate Republicans are forging their own path on the effort to overhaul the U.S. tax code, offering a plan Thursday that would delay an immediate corporate ...
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Higher sales tax or dining tax: Geneva will get oneNov 08, 2017 12:00 am - An earlier version incorrectly stated what the sales tax could be spent on after Dec. 31, 2020. It would be restricted to spending on infrastructure. Geneva reside...
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Lake Zurich school leaders to open talks on possible referendumNov 08, 2017 12:00 am - Lake Zurich-area school leaders will begin discussions Thursday on whether to pursue a bond referendum next year to fund building repairs and upgrades. The talks come a...
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Durbin in suburbs: GOP tax plan would hurt middle-income familiesNov 06, 2017 12:00 am - U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin said middle-income Illinois families would be hit especially hard by the House Republicans' proposed tax plan and urged congressional lawmakers to ...
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Editorial: Illinois legislators need sexual harassment trainingNov 04, 2017 2:00 pm - Rumors have abounded for years that the atmosphere around the state Capitol in Springfield is one of, shall we say, excess. From that standpoint, it was not all that sur...
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How social media made it easy for Americans to get playedNov 04, 2017 7:20 am - Americans are getting our first glimpse of how we got played. On Wednesday, Congress released some of the 3,000 Facebook ads and Twitter accounts created by Russian oper...
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Analysis: What is Qiwi, and how is it related to Russian election ads?Nov 04, 2017 7:16 am - Representatives from big-name tech companies Facebook, Google and Twitter faced a grilling on Capitol Hill this week over questions about how Russian operatives were abl...
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Ex-DNC head Brazile considered replacing Clinton with BidenNov 03, 2017 11:00 pm - Former Democratic National Committee head Donna Brazile writes in a new book that she seriously contemplated replacing Hillary Clinton as the party's 2016 presidential n...
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Glenbard East students march to support DACANov 03, 2017 1:00 am - Dozens of Glenbard East students marched Friday near their high school to call for preservation of a federal program protecting young immigrants from deportation. Jimmy ...