Articles filed under Politics
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Syndicated columnist Jamie Stiehm: Our towns: Jan. 6 justice done -- and alive againSep 08, 2022 1:00 am - Justice came face-to-face with Thomas Webster, 56, a veteran New York cop who beat a D.C. cop with a Marine flagpole at the Jan. 6, 2021, riot. I witnessed the courtroom...
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Syndicated columnist Susan Estrich: Government should step in when parents need helpSep 08, 2022 1:00 am - Her grandmother was the one who suspected. Too long in the bathroom with the phone. She even missed making cupcakes with her sister and me. Something was wrong. Very, ve...
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Ahead of amendment vote, union membership grows in IllinoisSep 08, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - As voters in Illinois prepare to decide on a state constitutional amendment that would guarantee workers the right to organize, a new study shows union mem...
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Guest columnist Robert Berlin: Judges need discretion over bail for defendants in serious casesSep 07, 2022 1:00 am - The implementation of the new Safe-T-Act, which will eliminate cash bail on Jan. 1, 2023, has produced passionate arguments on both sides of the issue. As DuPage County ...
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Syndicated columnist Byron York: Harriet Hageman: How I beat Liz CheneySep 07, 2022 1:00 am - Harriet Hageman is the environmental lawyer who defeated incumbent Rep. Liz Cheney by a landslide in Wyoming's much-watched Republican House primary. Hageman, who will s...
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Congressman says sitcom with Danny DeVito as voice of Satan is 'clearly evil'Sep 06, 2022 1:00 am - NEW ORLEANS - An animated horror comedy featuring Danny DeVito as the voice of Satan is "clearly evil," says a Republican congressman from Louisiana whose Facebook post ...
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Syndicated columnist Susan Estrich: Elaha and fight for salvation from TalibanSep 06, 2022 1:00 am - Her name is Elaha. She is a medical student at Kabul University. On the video, widely shared on social media last week, she cries as she describes being forced to marry ...
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Syndicated columnist Bonnie Jean Feldkamp: Why relationships are best when we take time to work on ourselvesSep 06, 2022 1:00 am - We've all heard that relationships take work, and it's true. When love is at its best it is a verb. Our relationships have meaning when we value them enough to actively...
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More immigrants arrive on buses from TexasSep 04, 2022 1:00 am - Chicago welcomed 50 more immigrants bused from Texas on Sunday as city officials launched a website to allow residents to donate supplies and money to help the new arriv...
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Syndicated columnist Veronique de Rugy: Taking from the working class and giving to the laptop classSep 04, 2022 1:00 am - If you had any doubts that those in power have dropped the pretense of fighting for the working class, you can dispense with them after the Biden administration's latest...