Articles filed under Politics
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Cook County eliminates wheel taxSep 22, 2022 1:00 am - Residents of unincorporated Cook County will not be required to buy county vehicle registrations beginning next summer. The county board on Thursday unanimously passed t...
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Daily Herald columnist Jim Slusher: Religion, politics and judgmentSep 22, 2022 1:00 am - Wise people are warned to avoid discussing politics or religion in polite company. Today, I plan to take them both on, which I know sends a pretty clear indication of th...
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Syndicated columnist Byron York: Freakout over Martha's Vineyard flight ignores the real problemSep 22, 2022 1:00 am - Much of the nation's political and commentary class had a near-nervous breakdown when 48 Venezuelans who had crossed illegally into the United States arrived at the Mart...
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Prosecutors challenge SAFE-T Act eliminating cash bail as thousands sign petitionSep 21, 2022 5:00 am - As questions linger over what the end of cash bail will mean in Illinois, three county state's attorneys are turning to the courts for help, and one state senator has la...
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Council declares Chicago a 'bodily autonomy sanctuary city'Sep 21, 2022 1:00 am - Residents of Indiana and other states descending on Chicago for the abortions and "gender-affirming" care outlawed in their home states can soon rest assured they will n...
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State Sen. Emil Jones III hit with federal bribery charges tied to red-light camera investigationSep 20, 2022 1:00 am - State Sen. Emil Jones III has been hit with federal bribery charges as part of a yearslong investigation involving the politically connected red-light camera company Saf...
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Guest columnist Keith Peterson: A glimpse of what can happen when voters consider long-term futureSep 20, 2022 1:00 am - If you are reading this editorial page, odds are that you are among the 40 percent of Americans who can name their member of Congress or the 55 percent that can name the...
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Daily Herald opinion: Frerichs' release from Taliban custody required difficult but welcome decisionsSep 20, 2022 1:00 am - This editorial is the consensus opinion of the Daily Herald Editorial Board Some of the Taliban rhetoric following the release of Lombard-native Mark Frerichs from ...
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Syndicated columnist Bonnie Jean Feldkamp: How our dream house fell apart when faced with a pandemicSep 20, 2022 1:00 am - We're closing on our house and this move feels like a failure. We purchased the house six months before the pandemic hit. We'd moved from Louisville back to the small No...
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McHenry County sues over SAFE-T ActSep 19, 2022 1:00 am - McHenry County is now the third county in Illinois to sue the governor and Illinois attorney general over the elimination of cash bail passed as part of the SAFE-T Act, ...