Articles filed under Politics
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Illinois dodges downgrade to junk as Moody's affirms ratingJul 21, 2017 1:00 am - Illinois avoided becoming the first junk-rated U.S. state after Moody's Investors Service opted to leave its grade unchanged, pushing the price of the state's bonds to t...
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Bartlett Fire District to step up referendum planningJul 20, 2017 1:00 am - Bartlett Fire Protection District officials will get more specific in August about their plans for a March 2018 tax-hike referendum to maintain services at their current...
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Rauner pledges amendatory veto of school funding planJul 18, 2017 5:45 am - Gov. Bruce Rauner said he will veto a school funding bill as soon as it reaches his desk because it includes a bailout of the Chicago Public School pension system, an ac...
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What Mitch McConnell is doing next on health careJul 18, 2017 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - For Mitch McConnell, Monday night was as embarrassing a blow as they come for a Senate majority leader. Two more Republican senators came out against his bi...
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Cook County leaders pile on Assessor Joe BerriosJul 18, 2017 1:00 am - Embattled Cook County Assessor Joe Berrios found no comfort from fellow Democrats holding county office Tuesday. Berrios defended his office's property assessment practi...
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Dennis Hastert released from Minnesota prisonJul 18, 2017 1:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert has been released from prison in Minnesota and transferred to a Chicago re-entry facility, according to Federal B...
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Lester: Suburban caregivers get small boost in pay, but fight wages onJul 17, 2017 5:30 am - After frequent stories of caregivers earning around $10 an hour even after years of work, suburban aides who care for people with disabilities are getting a pay raise. ...
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Don Jr. reminds us: Don't email anything you don't want to see in The New York TimesJul 16, 2017 7:20 am - Experts on leadership communications call it The New York Times rule or the "front page test." It's one of the most common aphorisms of advisers and attorneys who counse...
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Editorial: We need answers on Trump and RussiaJul 15, 2017 2:00 pm - There Donald Trump Jr. was the other night, smiling and lighthearted, answering sympathetic questions from Sean Hannity, who famously advised the Trump campaign behind t...
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Lester: Former Daily Herald paperboy now state elections chiefJul 13, 2017 5:35 am - "Only in America," Arlington Heights native Bill Cadigan laughs, "can one go from being a Daily Herald paperboy to the head of the State Board of Elections." Cadigan, wh...