Articles filed under Politics
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Illinois Senate approves raising age to buy cigarettes to 21May 20, 2016 1:00 am - Eight years after Illinois banned smoking indoors and four years after lawmakers raised the statewide cigarette tax by a dollar a pack, anti-smoking forces won another s...
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Plan would let casinos in on fantasy sports bettingMay 19, 2016 1:00 am - Illinois casinos would be allowed to set up daily fantasy sports operations online under a new plan pushed by DraftKings and FanDuel to make sure their games are legal h...
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Why lawmakers split on automatic voter registrationMay 19, 2016 1:00 am - Should people automatically be registered to vote when they renew their driver's licenses? It might sound like a simple idea, but suburban Democrats and Republicans lar...
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Obama library archives may find temporary home in Hoffman EstatesMay 19, 2016 1:00 am - The long-vacant Plunkett Furniture building on Golf Road in Hoffman Estates could become the temporary holding facility for the Barack Obama presidential library's archi...
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Coach: Legalizing fantasy sports puts student athletes at riskMay 18, 2016 1:00 am - A suburban baseball coach warned Illinois lawmakers that fantasy sports contests are wagering in the eyes of the NCAA and put student athletes who participate at risk of...
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Here's how Illinois' driver's license is changingMay 17, 2016 12:30 pm - The newest Illinois driver's licenses will include an "ultraviolet feature" on the back and will be sent to applicants through the mail starting this summer in an effort...
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Lawmaker seeks state report on lead in waterMay 17, 2016 1:00 am - On the heels of findings that 70 percent of suburban drinking water systems recorded some levels of lead during testing over the past three years, Barrington Hills Repub...
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Could Franks' departure open doors for Republicans?May 16, 2016 1:00 am - Gov. Bruce Rauner said during a visit to Wheeling on Monday he is not commenting on how state Rep. Jack Franks' decision to leave the legislature will affect budget talk...
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Trump and Blagojevich loom large in Illinois Senate raceMay 15, 2016 7:30 am - As the candidates in Illinois' hot U.S. Senate race try to define each other, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and imprisoned former Democratic G...
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What does Franks' departure mean for taxes, budget stalemate?May 15, 2016 1:00 am - A longtime suburban lawmaker known for breaking with his Democratic colleagues on matters of taxes, budgets and labor issues announced Sunday he wouldn't run for re-elec...