Articles filed under Politics
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Gun rights advocates sue state police over FOID delaysFeb 04, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD -- A pair of gun rights advocacy groups are suing the Illinois State Police, its director and the chief of the Illinois State Police Firearms Services Bureau...
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Analysis: Bitter partisanship dominates Trump's State of the UnionFeb 04, 2020 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Like a premature cast party, President Donald Trump and many of the 535 members of Congress focused on his impeachment got together in the House of Represen...
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State faces new opportunities for ethics reformFeb 04, 2020 12:00 am - With the start of the 2020 legislative session, the House of Representatives has a real opportunity to finally address glaring ethics problems that have cast a blanket o...
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Tax amnesty program nets more than $60M more than expectedFeb 04, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A tax amnesty program created during the passage of last year's state operating budget has brought in nearly $240 million - approximately $60 million more ...
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Fact-checking Trump's State of the Union speechFeb 04, 2020 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - The "great American comeback" President Donald Trump claimed in his State of the Union speech drew on falsehoods about U.S. energy supremacy, health care an...
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Who from suburbs will be at State of the Union: a teacher, police chief, scientist, local activistsFeb 03, 2020 4:35 am - Members of Congress from the suburbs are highlighting environmental issues, health care, science, education and law enforcement with their choices of guests to attend Pr...
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8th Congressional District Democratic candidates spar over health careFeb 03, 2020 12:00 am - All three candidates in the March 17 Democratic primary for the 8th Congressional District agree that access to health care should be improved, but they disagree on how ...
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Racketeering lawsuit targets Sandoval, SafeSpeedFeb 03, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — Former state Sen. Martin Sandoval and SafeSpeed LLC, the red-light camera company at the center of federal corruption charges against him, are now the targ...
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Ranking choices could lead to better election resultsFeb 02, 2020 12:00 am - Feb. 26, 2019, could have been a transformational moment for Chicago with a mayoral election composed of nine diverse candidates. Voters stemming from all backgrounds, ...
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Leadership mattersFeb 02, 2020 12:00 am - At the time of the American Revolution, the future United States was a small, colonial backwater on the world stage. There were an estimated 2 million to 3 million peopl...