Articles filed under Politics
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Afghan refugees in U.S. face uncertainty as legislation stallsDec 30, 2022 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Congress has failed so far to create a path to residency for Afghans who worked alongside U.S. soldiers in America's longest war, pushing into limbo tens of...
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Tragedies and some triumphs: The top suburban stories of 2022Dec 29, 2022 4:30 am - This story has been updated to remove an incorrect statenent that Ken Griffin owns Citadel Corp. Two horrific crimes, a deadly car crash and threats against the LGB...
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Park Ridge-Niles District 64 board races draw eight candidatesDec 29, 2022 12:00 am - The way Park Ridge-Niles School District 64 board members have been feuding with each other - and the public - over COVID-19 prevention efforts, kindergarten programs an...
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Syndicated columnist Michael Barone: Three surprises from 2022Dec 29, 2022 12:00 am - 2022 was a year full of surprises. Important things didn't work out as many people had expected on just about every point on the political spectrum. The prime example: U...
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Guest columnist Cristobal Cavazos: Understanding the border crisis through the heart of ChristmasDec 29, 2022 12:00 am - El Paso, Texas: Christmas images of migrant children and their parents huddled together, historic arctic freeze, the certainty of uncertainty and that sick feeling that ...
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On the ballot in 2023: Southern governors, big-city mayorsDec 28, 2022 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot will be asking voters for a second term leading one of the nation's biggest cities. Republicans will try to take full control o...
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Guest columnist Lucy Chang Evans: You're never too old to learn new thingsDec 28, 2022 12:00 am - If you can remember the 1986 movie "Back to School" with Rodney Dangerfield, you might be in my age group. In the movie, Dangerfield plays Thornton Mellon, a rich old ma...
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U.S. Supreme Court keeps asylum limits in place for nowDec 28, 2022 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court is keeping pandemic-era limits on asylum in place for now, dashing hopes of migrants who have been fleeing violence and inequality in Lati...
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Netanyahu government: West Bank settlements top priorityDec 28, 2022 12:00 am - JERUSALEM - Benjamin Netanyahu's incoming hard-line Israeli government put West Bank settlement expansion at the top of its priority list on Wednesday, vowing to legaliz...
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Syndicated columnist Veronique de Rugy: Congress has a fiscal road map; it just needs to use itDec 28, 2022 12:00 am - Dealing with high inflation and an increasingly shaky economy, Americans are forced to make tougher spending choices. With public debt at an all-time high, government sh...