Articles filed under Politics
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Lawmakers vote to direct $2.7 billion toward $4.5 billion unemployment deficitMar 24, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois lawmakers this week advanced a measure to allocate $2.7 billion in federal American Rescue Plan Act funds to pay down more than half of the state'...
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First Asian American woman nominated for Chicago councilMar 24, 2022 1:00 am - An emotional Mayor Lori Lightfoot made political history on Thursday by appointing the first Asian American woman to serve on the Chicago City Council. If the city counc...
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Rep. Schneider's house wasn't OK'd for occupancy until last week, documents indicateMar 24, 2022 1:00 am - The newly constructed Highland Park house that U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider listed as his residence on nominating petition sheets circulated this winter and on voter registr...
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Daily Herald columnist Jim Slusher: Making room for a broader letters forumMar 24, 2022 1:00 am - "Letters, we get letters. We get stacks and stacks of letters," went a jingle for a comedy bit on the old "Late Show with David Letterman." We get them here at the Daily...
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State Supreme Court: Officials sometimes can use campaign funds for defenseMar 24, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Supreme Court ruled Thursday that elected public officials and their campaign committees may, in limited circumstances, use campaign funds to ...
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Candidates for 5th Congressional seat facing possible ballot ousterMar 24, 2022 1:00 am - Two congressional candidates in Illinois' 5th District face challenges to their nominating petitions that, if upheld, could cost them places on the June 28 primary ballo...
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Five 14th Congressional District candidates - including U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood - facing petition challengesMar 23, 2022 1:00 am - Five of the seven candidates running for Illinois' 14th Congressional District seat - including Democratic incumbent Lauren Underwood of Naperville - are facing petition...
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Bill would provide tax credit to volunteer firefightersMar 23, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Members of the Illinois Firefighters Association joined state legislators at a news conference Wednesday to outline a measure that they say would recruit m...
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Former legislator sentenced to 6 months for cheating on taxesMar 23, 2022 1:00 am - A federal judge sentenced former state Rep. Edward "Eddie" Acevedo" on Wednesday to six months in prison for cheating on his taxes in a prosecution that resulted from th...
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Campus free-speech problems come down to cultureMar 23, 2022 1:00 am - We've all heard stories about university administrators cracking down on free speech. But free expression is suffering even without these enablers, and that should worry...