Articles filed under Politics
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Nursing home group at odds with Pritzker over payment reformFeb 04, 2022 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — A political battle is shaping up between Gov. J.B. Pritzker's administration and one segment of the nursing home industry over a key element of the governo...
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Why couldn't he just pick a Black woman?Feb 04, 2022 12:00 am - Why couldn't President Joe Biden have announced that he was going to pick the most qualified person to fill Stephen Breyer's seat on the Supreme Court - and then come ba...
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Three women lighting the supreme darknessFeb 03, 2022 12:00 am - The new liberal wing of the Supreme Court, if all goes according to White House plan, will be just three women justices defending the Democratic fort of democracy. Three...
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GOP reintroduces crime reduction packageFeb 03, 2022 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Senate Republicans unveiled an updated package of crime bills this week that they say will help curb violent crime and provide a morale boost to law enforc...
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1 GOP challenger outraising Foster in 11th District raceFeb 03, 2022 12:00 am - Editor's Note: This story has been updated to show candidate Andrea Heeg lives in Geneva, and to report that suburban U.S. Reps. Bill Foster and Lauren Underwood are...
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Illinois' teacher shortage crisis is dire, but we are not without solutionsFeb 03, 2022 12:00 am - Back in 2019, I traveled throughout Illinois to speak with superintendents about the growing teacher shortage in the state and how it was affecting students in their dis...
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Warren Township District 121 holding info sessions on referendum Feb. 9Feb 02, 2022 12:00 am - Warren Township High School District 121 will host informational meetings about its upcoming referendum on Wednesday, Feb. 9, at the Almond Campus, 34090 N. Almond Road ...
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The justice retiresFeb 02, 2022 12:00 am - It was the spring of 1979 when I got a call from a former professor offering me a job. I was fresh out of law school, clerking for Justice John Paul Stevens on the U.S. ...
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'Most prepared we've ever been': Rep. Lauren Underwood has big fundraising lead in 14th DistrictFeb 02, 2022 12:00 am - Democratic U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood of Naperville has a significant advantage over her Republican challengers when it comes to campaign fundraising, new documents show...
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Constable: Ronald Reagan wanted Black History Month to teach historic struggleFeb 01, 2022 4:15 am - Black History Month, which starts today, gives us the chance to binge-watch Sidney Poitier movies, take in August Wilson's powerful "Gem of the Ocean" at Chicago's Goodm...