Articles filed under Politics
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Tax credits, prison reform pass in veto sessionDec 05, 2022 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois lawmakers last week passed significant legislation dealing with electric vehicle manufacturing incentives and the availability of hygiene products...
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UN summit: Don't repeat mistakes on nature, scientists warnDec 05, 2022 12:00 am - MOMBASA, Kenya - Scientists around the world are warning governments who will be gathering in Montreal this week for the United Nations biodiversity summit to not repeat...
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High court looks at state rights in electionsDec 04, 2022 12:00 pm - WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court is about to confront a new elections case, a Republican-led challenge asking the justices for a novel ruling that could significantly incr...
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Guest columnist Keith Peterson: The scope of the longterm challenge China posesDec 04, 2022 12:00 am - As surging COVID cases in China were matched by growing protests against the government's "zero COVID" policy last week, U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns took tim...
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Syndicated columnist Veronique de Rugy: Will this year's lame-duck session bring back a bad idea?Dec 04, 2022 12:00 am - Democrats have lost the House of Representatives and, along with it, the chance to pass more of their preferred policies in 2023. This makes the "lame duck" period befor...
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Guest columnist Ralph Martire: State's school-funding success shows value of bi-partisanshipDec 02, 2022 12:00 am - Designing sound public policies to address fundamental societal needs has always been, at best, difficult. Much of this difficulty traditionally stems from three causes....
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Bidens entertain more than 330 guests at 1st state dinnerDec 02, 2022 12:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The first White House state dinner of President Joe Biden's administration drew big names Thursday from fashion, entertainment, politics and business w...
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Syndicated columnist Jamie Stiehm: A dearth - or death - of charm in the CapitolDec 02, 2022 12:00 am - By Jamie Stiehm I wished the Oklahoma Republican senator well in retirement and reminded him of a trip we took years ago when he was a freshman senator, and I was a roo...
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Legislation would create safe spaces for using opioidsDec 01, 2022 12:00 am - A proposal in Springfield would allow state-licensed drug injection sites to open across Illinois in an effort to reduce fatal overdoses amid a nationwide opioid crisis ...
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Lawmakers advance $1.8 billion unemployment fund bailoutDec 01, 2022 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - On the final day of their fall veto session, Illinois lawmakers on Thursday advanced a pair of bills that would infuse $1.8 billion into the state's unempl...