Articles filed under Politics
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Guest Columnist Arthur I. Cyr: Leaders, lettuce and crisis in BritainOct 27, 2022 1:00 am - Rishi Sunak has been elected leader of the Conservative Party and become the next prime minister of the United Kingdom comprising England, Scotland, Wales and Northern I...
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'They should be banned': Foster calls for restrictions on military-style firearmsOct 26, 2022 5:30 am - Democratic U.S. Rep. Bill Foster of Naperville believes the private ownership and sale of military-style weapons like those used in several mass shootings, including thi...
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GOP eyes Indiana upset amid national push to diversify partyOct 26, 2022 1:00 am - GARY, Ind. (AP) - After a lunchtime roundtable with Indiana Sen. Todd Young and Utah Rep. Burgess Owens, Republican congressional candidate Jennifer-Ruth Green suggested...
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Voters will decide if village clerk is elected or appointed in Campton HillsOct 26, 2022 1:00 am - The village of Campton Hills has a binding referendum on the Nov. 8 ballot on whether the village clerk should be appointed or elected. Village Administrator Denise Burc...
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Fetterman struggles in Senate debate against Oz after strokeOct 26, 2022 1:00 am - HARRISBURG, Pa. - More than five months after experiencing a stroke, Pennsylvania Democrat John Fetterman struggled at times to explain his positions and often spoke hal...
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DuPage County approves $5 million reduction in property tax levyOct 26, 2022 1:00 am - DuPage property owners will see a one-time reduction in taxes they pay to the county government. County board members have agreed to abate $5 million in property taxes. ...
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Syndicated columnist Susan Estrich: 7 Years in prison for a crime she did not commitOct 26, 2022 1:00 am - The year was 1995. Kristine Bunch was a 22-year-old single mother, wrongly arrested and charged and ultimately sentenced to 60 years in prison. For an accident. The smok...
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Guest columnist Ralph Martire: Bailey's statement on public education defies credibilityOct 26, 2022 1:00 am - During a recent interview, Darren Bailey, the Republican candidate for governor of Illinois, maintained the state ought to cut spending on public education. That positio...
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Guest columnist Keith Peterson: Fact checking, sanity needed in discussion of IRS hiringOct 25, 2022 1:00 am - One of the provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act passed in August provides for increased funding of roughly $80 billion over a decade for the Internal Revenue Servic...
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Syndicated columnist Debra J. Saunders: Closed schools join with closed mindsOct 25, 2022 1:00 am - By Debra J. Saunders COVID school closures hurt American kids. American parents have seen it: The longer schools were closed and replaced with remote learning, the more...