Articles filed under Politics
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What you should know as the Federal Reserve nears the peak of its rate-hiking cycleJun 14, 2023 1:00 am - NEW YORK - The Federal Reserve's likely decision Wednesday afternoon to leave interest rates alone for the first time in 11 meetings will raise hopes that it may be near...
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Syndicated columnist Jeff Robbins: It's the country that's paying the price for Trump's untruthfulnessJun 14, 2023 1:00 am - If there's one thing worse than a crooked tyrant, it's an unpatriotic crooked tyrant, and with the unsealing of the detailed 44-page indictment handed down against him b...
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Sununu's advice misses point that most Americans side with GOPJun 14, 2023 1:00 am - Gov. Chris Sununu, a New Hampshire Republican, is not running for president. In his state's first-in-the-nation primary, "I can be more effective for the Republican Part...
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Syndicated columnist Debra J. Saunders: Tear down the social media BastilleJun 13, 2023 1:00 am - The problem for The New York Times, The Washington Post and other big media outlets that want to dismiss Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as a conspiracy-theorist/nutjob is hard no...
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Guest columnist Phil Melin: Lawsuit abuse costs everyone in IllinoisJun 13, 2023 1:00 am - A popular western-suburban small business recently paid an almost $1 million settlement after utilizing a fingerprint sign-in/sign-out system for its employees a few yea...
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Anti-book ban bill becomes lawJun 12, 2023 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Monday signed legislation that seeks to protect public and school libraries from pressure to ban, remove or restrict access to books ...
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Guest columnist R. Kent Kirkwood: The wealth gap and class warfareJun 12, 2023 1:00 am - French economist Thomas Piketty, in his 2013 book "Capital in the 21st Century," pointed out that the people who work for wages are fortunate if their net worth increase...
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Pritzker delivers 'The Office'-themed commencement address at Northwestern - with Steve Carell in audienceJun 12, 2023 1:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Monday gave Northwestern University graduates practical advice he learned from some of his favorite characters on "The Office." But the Democratic ...
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Health care workers who cover up patient abuse now face stiffer penaltiesJun 12, 2023 1:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill into law on Friday that strengthens the range of penalties that a state watchdog can mete out for health care employees who conspire to ...
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Syndicated columnist Marc Munroe Dion: Summer and smokeJun 11, 2023 1:00 am - By Marc Munroe Dion As Canada's ashes turn the sky yellow and New York City glimmers dimly in the haze and we chew the dull bone of climate change, I see the black smok...