Articles filed under Politics
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State Rep. Sente says she won't seek re-electionSep 12, 2017 12:01 am - Democratic state Rep. Carol Sente is the latest in a long string of moderate suburban lawmakers to leave office. She will not seek another term in 2018, she told the Dai...
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Poetry prize winner credits Fremd teachers for encouraging love of writingSep 11, 2017 5:30 am - Rolling Meadows native Faisal Mohyuddin — the recipient of a leading United Kingdom poetry book prize — says he'll “for the rest of my life be grateful” to his former En...
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Naperville candidate ends campaign for 6th Congressional DistrictSep 11, 2017 1:00 am - The logjam of Democrats competing to run for the congressional seat occupied by Republican Rep. Peter Roskam decreased by one after Suzyn Price of Naperville ended her c...
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Congress paves the way for more self-driving carsSep 09, 2017 7:15 am - Thousands of self-driving cars are now that much closer to hitting the streets as House lawmakers approved a bill Wednesday to expand companies' ability to test the next...
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Rauner plans $6 billion borrowing to cut backlogSep 08, 2017 1:00 am - Gov. Bruce Rauner plans to sell $6 billion of bonds to chip away at a $15 billion bill backlog, which would mark the Illinois' largest borrowing in more than 14 years. I...
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Lester: Cubs anthem singer performs 1-man play of hero priest Fr. DamienSep 07, 2017 5:30 am - Chicago Cubs national anthem singer Wayne Messmer says his road to starring in a one-man show about a priest in Hawaii began with some lessons from Franciscan nuns when ...
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Seventh Democrat announces plans to challenge RoskamSep 07, 2017 1:00 am - The already packed field of Democrats seeking to unseat U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam in the 6th Congressional District got a little more crowded Thursday when Sean Casten, a s...
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Gutiérrez: John Kelly a 'disgrace to the uniform,' should resign over DACASep 07, 2017 1:00 am - Republicans and conservative media figures have pounced on comments from Rep. Luis Gutiérrez in which the Chicago Democrat called White House Chief of Staff John Kelly a...
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Schneider to launch re-election campaign SaturdaySep 07, 2017 1:00 am - Congressman Brad Schneider will formally kick off his re-election campaign Saturday in his hometown of Deerfield. The Democratic representative will seek his second cons...
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How the state is taking local sales tax moneySep 06, 2017 5:30 am - Many suburbs will find their coffers a little light this month. That's because towns with local sales taxes are getting 2 percent less from the state than they're used t...