Articles filed under Politics
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In district that has Highland Park, Schneider, Severino differ on how to prevent mass shootingsNov 02, 2022 5:00 am - The two candidates running for a North suburban congressional district that includes Highland Park have disparate views about how to prevent mass shootings - one pushing...
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Why Cook County residents are being asked to pay more taxes for forest preservesNov 02, 2022 5:00 am - When Cook County residents head to the polls next week, the ballot will not only include choices for governor, state representatives and local judges. Voters will also b...
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Batavia school voters to decide whether to borrow $140 million for new schools, other workNov 02, 2022 1:00 am - On Tuesday, Batavia School District 101 voters will decide whether to borrow $140 million to replace two elementary schools and fix up others. The school district says i...
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Federal Reserve unleashes another big rate hike but hints at a pullbackNov 02, 2022 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve pumped up its benchmark interest rate Wednesday by three-quarters of a point for a fourth straight time but hinted that it could soon re...
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As Israel's Netanyahu nears victory, trouble may lie aheadNov 02, 2022 1:00 am - JERUSALEM - After four inconclusive elections, it looks like the fifth time finally worked for Benjamin Netanyahu. Israel's longtime former prime minister and current op...
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Columnist Lee Hamilton: A trying time for American electionsNov 02, 2022 1:00 am - As the November general election approaches, I've been struck by the rise of an unusual type of news coverage. It's focused not on the campaigns, but on the running of e...
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Uihlein-funded super PAC dumping cash into local congressional racesNov 01, 2022 1:00 am - A political action committee largely funded by conservative Lake Forest billionaire Richard Uihlein dumped at least $526,580 into five Chicago-area congressional races l...
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Guest columnist Arlen Gould: Decisions intended to save the country and the Republican PartyNov 01, 2022 1:00 am - Friends ask me what politically keeps me up at night. What are the issues that will determine my vote? As a lifelong Republican and as a Republican who has chaired many ...
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Lawsuits challenging SAFE-T Act consolidated by Illinois Supreme CourtNov 01, 2022 1:00 am - Lawsuits from prosecutors in 58 Illinois counties challenging the state's SAFE-T Act criminal justice reform law have been consolidated into one case in Kankakee County....
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Syndicated columnist Susan Estrich: Kanye and the peddling of hateNov 01, 2022 1:00 am - Kanye West is wrong for so many reasons, but none more basic than this: If Jews really had half as much power over the media and everything else, as he says we do, we wo...