Articles filed under Politics
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State announces plan for $760 million from opioid settlementJul 29, 2022 1:00 am - Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced plans Friday for how the state will di...
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Shaw out, Brin in as Lake County Republican Party chairJul 29, 2022 1:00 am - Stressing the need for a return to grass-roots, face-to-face politics, former Lake County circuit court Clerk Keith Brin has been named the new leader of the county's Re...
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Democratic Party chair bows out in re-election bidJul 29, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A contentious race for leadership of the state's Democratic Party appears to be down to a single candidate ahead of a Saturday morning vote after the party...
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Guest columnist Ralph Martire: Government has duty to create policies correcting past race biasJul 29, 2022 1:00 am - It should come as a surprise to no one that vacant and abandoned properties, which are located in every area of the state, are a major economic and societal problem. Aft...
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Durbin, Duckworth pressure Walgreens on birth control policyJul 29, 2022 1:00 am - Illinois Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth are putting pressure on Walgreens Boots Alliance to revise a policy they say allows Walgreens employees to refuse to sell ...
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Syndicated columnist Veronique de Rugy: Antitrust craze would unplug technological progressJul 28, 2022 1:00 am - Always beware of the name given to a piece of legislation. It rarely describes accurately the likely impact of enacting a bill. In fact, statutes often do the opposite o...
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Syndicated columnist Bonnie Jean Feldkamp: Learning to love dogsJul 28, 2022 1:00 am - It never occurred to me that loving dogs could be considered an accomplishment of sorts until when talking to my neighbor recently she said, "It's amazing you like dogs ...
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Lightfoot signs executive order on abortion rightsJul 28, 2022 1:00 am - In 1985, then-Mayor Harold Washington issued an executive order prohibiting city employees from enforcing federal immigration laws to protest the federal government's de...
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Durbin tests positive for COVID-19 with 'minor symptoms'Jul 28, 2022 1:00 am - U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin announced Thursday he had tested positive for COVID-19. The 77-year-old Springfield Democrat said in a statement that he was experiencing minor sym...
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U.S. Rep. Quigley gets big bucks from aviation companies, records showJul 27, 2022 1:00 am - U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley's reelection committee has received financial donations from several companies and groups associated with the aviation and aerospace industries, a...