Articles filed under Politics
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Chicago Public Schools employees ask U.S. Supreme Court to hear challenge to union duesJun 25, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Two Chicago Public Schools employees are challenging the validity of their signed contracts to pay union dues as unconstitutional under a 2018 decision tha...
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Fitch upgrades Illinois' credit outlook to 'positive'Jun 24, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Fitch Ratings, one of three credit rating agencies that grade Illinois bonds, has upgraded its credit outlook for the state from "negative" to "positive." ...
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District aims to expand accessJun 24, 2021 1:00 am - This is in response to a guest column in the June 16 Daily Herald headlined "Transparency a concern as schools consider 'de-tracking.'" As President of the District 214 ...
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Reporting on a tornado in a 24-hour news cycleJun 24, 2021 1:00 am - We're all familiar with the 24-hour cycle in which news circulates today. For complex political and social issues, that cycle gets blamed for a lot of premature, misinfo...
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Juneteenth celebration is prematureJun 23, 2021 1:00 am - The celebration of Juneteenth is premature. We should celebrate only when everyone is treated equally and fairly. When in some states the vote of legitimate voters is be...
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Schaumburg rejects permit requirement for large rallies, demonstrationsJun 23, 2021 1:00 am - Schaumburg officials will not require permits for large demonstrations and protests, a measure proposed by the village's police chief following several incidents at pro-...
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Time has shown foreign aid benefits us, tooJun 23, 2021 1:00 am - The recent G-7 summit shows great promise from the leading liberal democracies to help support developing nations recover from COVID-19. Over the past couple years we ha...
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Who said you can age gracefully?Jun 23, 2021 1:00 am - Aging gracefully. If ever I heard of an oxymoron, that's it. There is nothing graceful about all the medical tests - and enhanced risks - that seem to come with each dec...
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If you can't beat them, bully them into joining youJun 23, 2021 1:00 am - For several decades now, politicians around the world have tried to curtail tax competition to make it easier for them to increase the tax burdens on their citizens with...
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Democrats trapped in progressive echo chamberJun 22, 2021 1:00 am - The reason Democrats in Washington are increasingly frustrated is because their legislative ambitions far outstrip their congressional majorities. They have no majority ...