Articles filed under Politics
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District 214 to spend $25 million on upgrades ahead of potential referendumDec 15, 2025 7:19 pm - Northwest Suburban High School District 214 plans to spend $25 million on capital projects in 2026 -- including new basketball court scoreboards and building mechanicals -- as officials consider whether to ask voters to pay for bigger ticket items in the future.
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Trump’s team sees Europe’s ‘erasure.’ Europeans see a hostile USDec 13, 2025 2:42 pm - A new U.S. national security strategy berating Europe has triggered a wave of acrimony across the Atlantic, enraging and dismaying European officials who say the document has turned the Trump administration’s vitriol against European democracies into formal policy.
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Naperville Park District seeks $120 million from voters for recreation centerDec 12, 2025 12:04 pm - Naperville voters will decide this spring if they will give the park district money to build a new activity center on the city’s south end.
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Indiana Republicans block Trump’s redistricting push in a rare break with the presidentDec 11, 2025 4:19 pm - Indiana's Republican-led senate voted against a redrawn congressional map Thursday that would have favored their party in the 2026 elections, despite months of pressure by President Donald Trump for a rare mid-cycle redistricting.
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Wildlife group sues to remove Trump photo from 2026 national parks passDec 11, 2025 3:36 pm - An environmental conservation group filed a lawsuit to halt federal plans to decorate next year’s national parks pass with an image of President Donald Trump’s face, arguing that federal law requires the pass to feature the winner of an annual nature photography competition instead.
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Geneva to go to voters with $59.4 million ask for new police station, public safetyDec 09, 2025 12:00 pm - Geneva City Council members have agreed to ask voters for permission to borrow $59.4 million to pay for a new police station and other needs at the two firehouses.
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A pared-back White House Christmas — with a Trump Lego portraitDec 09, 2025 11:40 am - If the call across the land is for a more maximalist Christmas, first lady Melania Trump did not heed it. In her first holiday back in charge of White House decor, she presented a straightforward, even understated — at least by White House standards — look on a tour that has been halved in size.
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Supporters of Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado march in cities worldwideDec 06, 2025 7:44 pm - CARACAS — Supporters of Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado demonstrated Saturday in several cities worldwide to commemorate her Nobel Peace Prize win ahead...
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Threats pile up as Indiana Republicans confront pressure from Trump on redistrictingDec 06, 2025 5:00 pm - Spencer Deery's son was getting ready for school when someone tried to provoke police into swarming his home by reporting a fake emergency. Linda Rogers said there were ...
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Illinois educators hope to tackle thorny issue of math competenceDec 06, 2025 4:00 am - In Illinois, officials at the State Board of Education hope to close the gap between mathematics and language proficiency among students through the development of a statewide, comprehensive “numeracy plan.”