Articles filed under Politics
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Prospect Hts. District 23 will seek tax hike to fund full-day kindergarten, building upgradesJan 25, 2023 4:30 am - Security upgrades and full-day kindergarten will be on the ballot April 4, when Prospect Heights Elementary School District 23 asks voters to approve a tax rate increase...
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BBC film on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, 2002 riots draws government ireJan 25, 2023 12:00 am - NEW DELHI - Days after India blocked a BBC documentary that examines Prime Minister Narendra Modi's role during 2002 anti-Muslim riots and banned people from sharing it ...
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Record 16.3 million seek health coverage through 'Obamacare'Jan 25, 2023 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - A record 16.3 million people sought health insurance through the Affordable Care Act this year, double the number covered when the marketplaces first launch...
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Why Wheeling Township 708 board appointments are drawing mixed reviewsJan 25, 2023 12:00 am - Wheeling Township Supervisor Kathy Penner said her seven appointees to Wheeling Township's new mental health board have a wide range of qualifications. But advocates of...
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Syndicated columnist Debra J. Saunders: Dead names and gender dysphoriaJan 25, 2023 12:00 am - Amy says her daughter was 15 - and just broken up with her boyfriend - when her daughter told her, "I'm tran, and I need a new name." It didn't seem real to Amy. "This w...
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Syndicated columnist Byron York: The never-ending war against Brett KavanaughJan 25, 2023 12:00 am - Brett Kavanaugh was sworn in as a justice of the Supreme Court more than four years ago, on Oct. 6, 2018. His oath followed perhaps the ugliest Supreme Court Senate conf...
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Pritzker warns College Board against AP Black studies changes after DeSantis blocked courseJan 25, 2023 12:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker is going to battle with the national College Board over what he calls "political grandstanding" by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. The Chicago Democrat is ...
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A $175 million tax increase for Mundelein High renovation/expansion would be phased inJan 24, 2023 4:00 am - A proposed tax hike to raise $175 million to renovate and expand Mundelein High School would be phased in over three years to soften the blow, according to school offici...
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Georgia election probe report to remain secret for nowJan 24, 2023 12:00 am - ATLANTA - A judge said Tuesday that a final report produced by a special grand jury that investigated possible illegal interference in the 2020 presidential election in ...
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Netanyahu meets Jordan's king in surprise trip amid tensionJan 24, 2023 12:00 am - JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a surprise trip to Jordan on Tuesday to meet with King Abdullah II for the first time in over four years, seek...