Articles filed under Politics
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China says will 'safeguard interests' over balloon shootdownFeb 07, 2023 12:00 am - BEIJING - China said Tuesday it will "resolutely safeguard its legitimate rights and interests" over the shooting down of a suspected Chinese spy balloon by the United S...
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Syndicated columnist Marc Munroe Dion: Things have changed, but still ...Feb 07, 2023 12:00 am - I remember when cops on duty used to wear those bulgy-looking shoes that were, in fact, ordinary dress shoes. They wore them for ceremonial occasions, too, and they wore...
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Syndicated columnist Michael Barone: We don't need racial quotas to showcase America's diversityFeb 07, 2023 12:00 am - The ordinarily fluent and unperturbed Justice Elena Kagan seemed, judging from the transcript, to be sputtering a bit in the oral argument of the Supreme Court's case ch...
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China accuses U.S. of indiscriminate use of force over balloonFeb 06, 2023 12:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - China on Monday accused the United States of indiscriminate use of force in shooting down a suspected Chinese spy balloon, saying it "seriously impacted a...
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Laurence Msall, leader of Illinois tax watchdog group, dies at 61Feb 06, 2023 12:00 am - Laurence Msall, the longtime president of a nonpartisan Illinois tax and budget watchdog group and a former aide to two governors, died following complications from surg...
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$40 million in state grants to build on development-ready 'megasites': Here's where in the suburbsFeb 06, 2023 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Monday announced the creation of a $40 million grant program to help businesses find and build on large development-ready areas known...
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Daily Herald opinion: State seeing welcome financial trends, but caution is still warrantedFeb 05, 2023 12:00 am - This editorial represents the consensus opinion of the Daily Herald Editorial Board In recent years, Illinoisans have become accustomed to bad news on the state's f...
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China plays down Blinken's canceled visit over balloonFeb 04, 2023 12:00 am - TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - China played down the cancellation of a visit by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken after a large Chinese balloon suspected of conducting surve...
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'Pinnacle of a career': New chief of Chicago FBI office says there's a lot to be doneFeb 03, 2023 4:00 am - The new person in charge of the FBI's Chicago field office seems to be a modest man. "I don't suffer from overconfidence," Robert "Wes" Wheeler Jr. said during an introd...
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Companies pledge millions in fed effort to stem road deathsFeb 03, 2023 12:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Nearly 50 businesses and nonprofits - including ride-share companies Uber and Lyft, industrial giant 3M and automaker Honda - are pledging millions of ...