Articles filed under Politics
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Illinois Democrats' public safety approach centers on funding infusionMay 11, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - In the run-up to the early morning April 9 adjournment of the spring legislative session, Illinois lawmakers passed a spate of public safety measures backe...
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State Supreme Court weighs ex-lawmakers' case for back payMay 11, 2022 1:00 am - By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - Two former state senators who sponsored and voted for bills to reduce lawmakers' pa...
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The gap between white students and others has been narrowing, but teacher pay makes it unsustainableMay 10, 2022 1:00 am - Over the last two decades, standardized test scores for American schoolchildren have been on the rise. Between 1996 and 2017, the results on the National Assessment of E...
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Jane collective members tell their stories in filmMay 09, 2022 5:30 am - The story of the Jane collective that ran an under-the-radar abortion service for women in the Chicago area before Roe v. Wade is getting new exposure 50 years after pol...
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'Call Jane': How Chicago and suburban women defied authority to provide abortions in the 1970sMay 09, 2022 5:30 am - Fifty years ago, Abby Pariser and Sheila Smith were caring for women undergoing illegal abortions at a secret Chicago location when homicide detectives came calling. “Fi...
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Homeland Security's plans for 'Disinformation Governance Board' remain a mysteryMay 09, 2022 5:30 am - WASHINGTON - There is little credible information about the new Disinformation Governance Board. And that has made it an instant target for criticism. The board, part of...
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Two GOP candidates in 11th District support federal abortion ban; one says let states decideMay 06, 2022 1:00 am - Two of the Republicans running for Illinois' 11th Congressional District seat believe abortion should be banned nationally if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns the histor...
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Syndicated columnist Debra J. Saunders: Student loans: payment optionalMay 05, 2022 1:00 am - Last year, President Joe Biden nixed the idea of a huge student loan forgiveness package when he told The New York Times' David Brooks, "The idea that you go to Penn and...
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Casten, Newman to appear at Willowbrook candidate forumMay 05, 2022 1:00 am - The two incumbent lawmakers seeking the Democratic nomination in Illinois' 6th Congressional District will come together Friday for a candidate forum in Willowbrook. Two...
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Guest columnist Javeed Akhter: U.S. demonstrating openness that India is suppressingMay 05, 2022 1:00 am - Listening to the constant barrage of news about the anti-Muslim incidents coming from India, I entered the month of Ramadan in a gloomy mood. Although I am a deeply patr...