Articles filed under Politics
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'I'm not Trump': We could have gotten more from Joe BidenJan 05, 2022 12:00 am - The only way to write about national politics is to write about local politics first. You won't see anything on the national stage you haven't already seen in some town ...
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Editorial: Apparently, it's up to the legislature to clarify roles in township governmentJan 05, 2022 12:00 am - Regardless of what you think about the value of township governments or the need for consolidation of government units in Illinois, recent stories out of McHenry County ...
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Plague-year immigrants headed to Trump countryJan 04, 2022 12:00 am - I want to add a few notes to my column last week on the Census Bureau's July 2021 state population estimates and what stories they tell about growth and decline in the f...
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The new mantra of our era: Be wellJan 04, 2022 12:00 am - For too much of my life, New Year's resolutions were all about diets. One year, after I had half-tamed the monster, I managed to monetize my obsession by writing and, mo...
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Court upholds state legislative redistricting planJan 03, 2022 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A three-judge federal court panel upheld the legislative redistricting plan that state lawmakers approved during a special session last summer, thus leavin...
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Rush won't seek 16th term in CongressJan 03, 2022 12:00 am - Longtime U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush, a onetime Black Panther with a dramatic rise in Illinois politics, won't seek reelection after 15 terms representing his Chicago-area dist...
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Ashli Babbitt a martyr? Her past tells a more complex storyJan 03, 2022 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - The first time Celeste Norris laid eyes on Ashli Babbitt, the future insurrectionist had just rammed her vehicle three times with an SUV and was pounding on...
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The 21st century a flop so farJan 02, 2022 12:00 am - A child in the '60s, when the world was turning fast, I loved the upbeat '90s' carbonated peace and prosperity. But the 2020s are a bitter brew of COVID-19 and poison po...
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Meltdowns on a planeDec 31, 2021 12:00 am - Even if you haven't seen this particular video posted by ATL Uncensored, you've seen many like it - a plane, an argument, a viral cellphone video of yet another in-fligh...
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Among new state laws in 2022, higher ethical standards for lawmakers, at least somewhatDec 31, 2021 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois lawmakers have resolved to hold themselves to a higher ethical standard in 2022. About 300 pieces of legislation were approved by Democratic Gov. ...