Articles filed under Politics
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DuPage County board member wants voters to decide fate of recorder's officeSep 30, 2019 5:30 am - DuPage officials plan to study whether the recorder's office should be merged with the county clerk's office. But one county board member says she already wants the cons...
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Make under $35,500 a year? You may be owed mandatory overtime pay soonSep 29, 2019 6:10 am - Workers making less than $35,500 are now entitled to mandatory overtime pay from their employers, under new rules announced by the Department of Labor Tuesday. The new r...
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Trump's misbehavior is part of a global patternSep 29, 2019 1:00 am - Whether you think it rises to the level of an impeachable offense, can we all agree that what President Donald Trump did was profoundly wrong? He pressured a foreign gov...
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Democrats, show me the messageSep 29, 2019 1:00 am - We long ago established that Donald Trump is a bad guy. We've multiple times said, "This is it. They've got to get rid of him." So what's so new and awful that the presi...
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Buffalo Grove Democrat discourages official travel to states with strict abortion lawsSep 27, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois government employees should not travel for work to states that "criminalize reproductive health," a Northwest suburban legislator said. Rep. Danie...
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Is capital bill already tied to corruption?Sep 27, 2019 1:00 am - A primary player in Gov. J.B. Pritzker's infrastructure plan saw his home and offices raided by the FBI and IRS Tuesday morning. The target, state Sen. Martin Sandoval, ...
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The process of impeachment is now inevitableSep 27, 2019 1:00 am - For the first time in American history, the president has pleaded guilty to an impeachable offense. This is effectively what happened when the White House released the ...
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Read the whistleblower complaintSep 26, 2019 1:00 am - The 9-page whistleblower complaint was released Thursday ahead of testimony to House investigators from Joseph Maguire, the acting director of national intelligence. The...
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Why people prefer democracySep 26, 2019 1:00 am - By Lee H. Hamilton A wave of protests is roiling Moscow. Millions of people, young and old, have been crowding the streets in Hong Kong. In Britain, members of the Cons...
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A reluctant, but stalwart hero of the Kavanaugh sagaSep 26, 2019 1:00 am - Every good story needs a hero, and the saga of Brett Kavanaugh's rise to the Supreme Court has provided one: Leland Keyser. She also became a victim when her longtime f...