Articles filed under Politics
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Spending fight keeps Elk Grove Township from authorizing billsSep 06, 2017 5:30 am - A spat in Elk Grove Township politics will cost taxpayers a couple thousand dollars and wasted workforce hours. Last week, board members angrily ended a meeting without ...
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Oakton students rally for those affected by Trump's immigration decisionSep 06, 2017 1:00 am - Oakton Community College students Wednesday rallied to support students who might be affected by the announcement Tuesday that President Donald Trump would in six months...
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House passes $7.9B Harvey disaster aid packageSep 06, 2017 1:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The House on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed $7.9 billion in Hurricane Harvey disaster relief as warring Republicans and Democrats united behind help f...
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District 57 studying whether it needs to seek a tax increaseSep 05, 2017 1:00 am - A task force of parents, community leaders, local business owners, retirees and Mount Prospect Elementary District 57 staff is studying whether the school district shoul...
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What suburban members of Congress say about Trump's DACA decisionSep 05, 2017 1:00 am - Democratic members of Congress from the suburbs were quick Tuesday to denounce President Donald Trump's decision to end an Obama-era program preventing the deportation o...
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Schneider withdraws support for gubernatorial candidate BissSep 04, 2017 1:00 am - Congressman Brad Schneider is withdrawing his endorsement of state Sen. Daniel Biss in the Democratic primary for Illinois governor because of his running mate's stance ...
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Lester: Archdiocese schools could net half of new scholarships created by funding billSep 03, 2017 11:00 pm - Catholic schools in the Chicago Archdiocese could net half the scholarships created by a new tax credit in Illinois' recently passed education funding law, lawmakers tel...
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Trump administration's move on gender wage gap prompts outrageSep 03, 2017 7:18 am - The Trump administration has halted a rule that would have required large companies to report to the government what they pay employees by race and gender - an Obama-era...
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Apple breaks its silence on net neutralitySep 02, 2017 7:15 am - Apple has broken its silence on net neutrality with a filing at the Federal Communications Commission, urging regulators to avoid repealing large swaths of the regulatio...
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Do suburban police support new law that extends protection for immigrants?Sep 01, 2017 5:30 am - When Gov. Bruce Rauner signed legislation Monday barring police officers in the state from stopping, arresting or searching anyone based solely on immigration status, hi...