Articles filed under Politics
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Teacher contract torpedoed D15 bond issueNov 21, 2016 4:00 am - District 15's bond proposal did not lose because of its merits. It failed to be approved because the community has no trust and no confidence in Scott Thompson or the cu...
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Hastert fighting to get his teacher pension backNov 21, 2016 12:00 am - Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert is challenging a decision by the Teachers' Retirement System to terminate his pension and go after a refund of $222,808, arguing...
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More people are Googling the Ku Klux KlanNov 20, 2016 6:18 am - Americans have never been more interested in looking up the Ku Klux Klan online than they are right now, according to search data from Google Trends. Google doesn't publ...
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Editorial: Credibility and the news mediaNov 19, 2016 1:00 pm - One of the calls we received shortly after the recent election was from a pleasant woman who noted our keepsake Donald Trump headlines of "Stunning Victory" on Nov. 9 an...
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What could an iPhone cost in Donald Trump's America?Nov 19, 2016 6:20 am - Businesses and policymakers are bracing for what could happen under President-elect Donald Trump's trade agenda. Trump has promised to slap a tax on Chinese goods, possi...
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Q&A: Facebook fake-news writer thinks he helped Donald Trump get electedNov 19, 2016 6:19 am - What do the Amish lobby, gay wedding vans and the ban of the national anthem have in common? For starters, they're all make-believe - and invented by the same man. Paul ...
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A look at Twitter's suspension of alt-right accountsNov 19, 2016 6:16 am - Ever since alt-right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulous sent actress Leslie Jones a string of deeply offensive tweets, insulting the comedian's race and intelligence, Twitte...
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Alabama's Jeff Sessions said to be Trump's pick for attorney generalNov 18, 2016 12:00 am - President-elect Donald Trump has settled on Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions for attorney general, according to two people familiar with the matter. It wasn't immediately c...
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Lester: Consultant turns post-election blues into help for female candidatesNov 17, 2016 4:30 am - Among those lamenting Hillary Clinton's loss last week to Donald Trump, one woman noticed a common theme in Facebook and Twitter posts. "I kept seeing people say, 'I do...
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Constable: In our red-and-blue state, identifying 'pod people' is trickyNov 15, 2016 4:00 am - "At first glance, everything looked the same. It wasn't. Something evil had taken possession of the town," explains Dr. Miles J. Bennell, the chisel-jawed movie characte...