Articles filed under Politics
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Park Ridge-Niles District 64 board races draw eight candidatesDec 29, 2022 12:00 am - The way Park Ridge-Niles School District 64 board members have been feuding with each other - and the public - over COVID-19 prevention efforts, kindergarten programs an...
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Syndicated columnist Michael Barone: Three surprises from 2022Dec 29, 2022 12:00 am - 2022 was a year full of surprises. Important things didn't work out as many people had expected on just about every point on the political spectrum. The prime example: U...
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Guest columnist Cristobal Cavazos: Understanding the border crisis through the heart of ChristmasDec 29, 2022 12:00 am - El Paso, Texas: Christmas images of migrant children and their parents huddled together, historic arctic freeze, the certainty of uncertainty and that sick feeling that ...
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On the ballot in 2023: Southern governors, big-city mayorsDec 28, 2022 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot will be asking voters for a second term leading one of the nation's biggest cities. Republicans will try to take full control o...
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Guest columnist Lucy Chang Evans: You're never too old to learn new thingsDec 28, 2022 12:00 am - If you can remember the 1986 movie "Back to School" with Rodney Dangerfield, you might be in my age group. In the movie, Dangerfield plays Thornton Mellon, a rich old ma...
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U.S. Supreme Court keeps asylum limits in place for nowDec 28, 2022 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court is keeping pandemic-era limits on asylum in place for now, dashing hopes of migrants who have been fleeing violence and inequality in Lati...
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Netanyahu government: West Bank settlements top priorityDec 28, 2022 12:00 am - JERUSALEM - Benjamin Netanyahu's incoming hard-line Israeli government put West Bank settlement expansion at the top of its priority list on Wednesday, vowing to legaliz...
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Syndicated columnist Veronique de Rugy: Congress has a fiscal road map; it just needs to use itDec 28, 2022 12:00 am - Dealing with high inflation and an increasingly shaky economy, Americans are forced to make tougher spending choices. With public debt at an all-time high, government sh...
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Guest columnist Amy Florian: As long as there are people working for positive change, we have hopeDec 27, 2022 12:00 am - My work is in the field of grief, and I've seen an overwhelming amount of it recently. Many struggle with the death or serious illness of a loved one. COVID alone caused...
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Familiar names to appear on Des Plaines' ballots in AprilDec 27, 2022 12:00 am - Names from Des Plaines' political past are set to appear on ballots for aldermanic races in April. Four of the city council's eight seats will be up for election, and al...