Articles filed under Politics
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State school board to make emergency rule changes in response to isolation room reportNov 20, 2019 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The state's board of education announced emergency rule changes Wednesday in response to a news story which detailed an overuse of "isolation rooms" in sev...
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Scientists: Dishonest or afraid?Nov 20, 2019 12:00 am - See the text of Williams' column from today's Daily Herald here: http://walterewilliams.com/scientists-dishonest-or-afraid/ ...
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Whistleblowers are fundamental to honest governmentNov 20, 2019 12:00 am - A few days ago, I was back on the island of Cyprus and had the occasion to visit my former colleagues at the American Embassy. As I went down one familiar hallway, I saw...
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Why public servants need to be protectedNov 19, 2019 12:00 am - If Ambassador Bill Taylor didn't exist already, we'd have to invent him. With a made-for-TV voice filled to the brim with gravitas, the West Point grad and career public...
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'Truth is, I didn't handle it well': Foxx addresses Smollet case in reelection announcementNov 19, 2019 12:00 am - A prosecutor who came under harsh criticism when her office suddenly dropped charges against actor Jussie Smollett and is now the subject of a court-ordered investigatio...
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The Disney+ disclaimer: Can't we just watch the movie?Nov 19, 2019 12:00 am - I adored the story of "Cinderella" as a child. The prospect of having a man so in love with me that he'd crisscross the Kingdom searching for my size 6 1/2 foot, was hea...
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Workers save $8.5 million in first year of new retirement programNov 18, 2019 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs on Monday continued to promote a new state program which he says is a first step to alleviating a nationwide "retiremen...
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Guest columnist: How decisions over a former mosque play in religious tug of war in IndiaNov 18, 2019 12:00 am - On Nov. 8, India's supreme court decided to give the ownership of the land on which a 16th-century mosque called Babri Masjid stood to Hindu plaintiffs. In 1992, in a fr...
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Rowland: Don't get hopes up for property tax reliefNov 17, 2019 12:00 am - By Brett Rowland The 88-member Property Tax Relief Task Force charged with coming up with a plan to reduce property taxes was supposed to deliver an initial report to Go...
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Malware developers are betting you'll be fooled by 'Donald Trump Screen of Death'Nov 16, 2019 5:12 am - Malicious software makers are increasingly turning to a new target to get you to click: your favorite politician. The "Donald Trump Screen of Death" or a dancing Hillary...