Articles filed under Politics
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Constable: 'Addison's Forrest Gump' more than films, sports and his 1996 run for presidentMay 12, 2022 5:20 am - If this were an obituary for Ed Gombos of Addison, we'd probably identify him as a man who ran a quixotic campaign to become the U.S. president in 1996 after seeing an i...
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Syndicated columnist Byron York: Hunter Biden's $2 million 'sugar brother'May 12, 2022 1:00 am - One of the mysteries of the Hunter Biden matter is how the president's son, with no obvious sources of income, manages to maintain a grand lifestyle. For the last year o...
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Syndicated columnist Michael Barone: Redistricting proved to be much ado about not very muchMay 12, 2022 1:00 am - The congressional redistricting wars are mostly over. Much of the hoopla surrounding it is proving overheated. Before looking at this cycle's results, a primer on the su...
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11th District candidates find common ground, but express different priorities at Batavia forumMay 12, 2022 1:00 am - Although they found common ground on many issues, three Republican candidates for Illinois' 11th Congressional District seat expressed different priorities during a publ...
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One GOP candidate in 14th District supports federal abortion ban; three say states should decideMay 11, 2022 5:10 am - Three Republicans running for Illinois' 14th Congressional District seat said they believe states should decide whether to ban abortion if the U.S. Supreme Court overtur...
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Illinois Democrats' public safety approach centers on funding infusionMay 11, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - In the run-up to the early morning April 9 adjournment of the spring legislative session, Illinois lawmakers passed a spate of public safety measures backe...
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State Supreme Court weighs ex-lawmakers' case for back payMay 11, 2022 1:00 am - By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - Two former state senators who sponsored and voted for bills to reduce lawmakers' pa...
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The gap between white students and others has been narrowing, but teacher pay makes it unsustainableMay 10, 2022 1:00 am - Over the last two decades, standardized test scores for American schoolchildren have been on the rise. Between 1996 and 2017, the results on the National Assessment of E...
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Jane collective members tell their stories in filmMay 09, 2022 5:30 am - The story of the Jane collective that ran an under-the-radar abortion service for women in the Chicago area before Roe v. Wade is getting new exposure 50 years after pol...
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'Call Jane': How Chicago and suburban women defied authority to provide abortions in the 1970sMay 09, 2022 5:30 am - Fifty years ago, Abby Pariser and Sheila Smith were caring for women undergoing illegal abortions at a secret Chicago location when homicide detectives came calling. “Fi...