Articles filed under Politics
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Syndicated columnist Michael Barone: Are public employee unions unconstitutional?Jan 29, 2023 12:00 am - How did it come to pass that public employee unions, which scarcely existed 60 years ago, have come to run public schools and myriad state and local government agencies?...
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Wauconda, Lakemoor asking voters for home-rule authorityJan 27, 2023 4:20 am - Voters in Lakemoor and Wauconda on April 4 will be asked whether their respective communities should have home-rule authority, providing for various actions such as impo...
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Does bail reform lead to more crime? What 2 Loyola University professors foundJan 27, 2023 4:00 am - It would have taken a media blackout over the final months of 2022 to have missed the intense debate and heated campaign rhetoric over the SAFE-T Act and the state's pla...
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Video shows struggle for hammer during Pelosi attackJan 27, 2023 12:00 am - Video released publicly Friday shows the husband of former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi fighting with his assailant for control of a hammer moments before he was stru...
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After controversy, mayor says standards coming for Des Plaines Theatre bookingsJan 27, 2023 12:00 am - Following community backlash over a controversial group's now-canceled booking of the city-owned Des Plaines Theatre, municipal leaders are developing standards for futu...
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Past U.S. presidents, vice presidents asked to recheck for classified docsJan 26, 2023 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - The National Archives has asked former U.S. presidents and vice presidents to recheck their personal records for any classified documents following the news...
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How classified documents became a schoolgirl's show-and-tellJan 26, 2023 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - On a winter's day in 1984, a briefcase stuffed with classified government documents showed up in a building in Pittsburgh, borne by someone who most certain...
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Son of ex-legislator goes on trial, fights charges tied to Madigan probeJan 26, 2023 12:00 am - A son of former state Rep. Edward "Eddie" Acevedo went on trial in federal court Thursday, where he is accused of filing false income tax returns in a spinoff of the fed...
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Illinois attorney general contests 'badly flawed' ruling that blocked end of cash bailJan 26, 2023 12:00 am - The Illinois attorney general's office on Thursday filed its opening argument with the state's highest court as it seeks to overturn a judge's ruling that found parts of...
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Roselle Public Library District holds referendum info sessionsJan 25, 2023 10:00 pm - The Roselle Public Library District will host the first of several informational sessions from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27, in the library's community room, 40 Park S...