Articles filed under Politics
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'I don't want it to happen again': 4th grade Uvalde survivor testifies to CongressJun 08, 2022 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - An 11-year-old girl who survived the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, recounted in video testimony to Congress on Wednesday how she c...
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Endorsement: Grasso in GOP primary for Congress from Dist. 6Jun 07, 2022 1:00 am - This endorsement is a consensus opinion of the Daily Herald Editorial Board. Six candidates are vying for the chance to represent Republicans in November for the 6t...
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Police were 'coached' to make Jan. 6 Capitol incursion look like a siege, candidate saysJun 07, 2022 1:00 am - One of the Republicans running for Illinois' 5th Congressional District seat claims police serving at the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, incursion were coached "t...
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Lightfoot launches campaign for a second termJun 07, 2022 1:00 am - Facing stiff headwinds, Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Tuesday started her uphill climb to reelection with a River North fundraiser and a video embracing the combativeness that...
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Endorsement: Casten for Democrats in Congress, Dist. 6Jun 07, 2022 1:00 am - This endorsement is a consensus opinion of the Daily Herald Editorial Board. Three candidates are seeking the Democratic nomination for Congress from Illinois Distr...
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Guest columnist Keith Peterson: It's time for serious discussion on updating Second AmendmentJun 07, 2022 1:00 am - "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." From my reading of hi...
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Democratic candidates for Lake County Board district 16 and 18 discuss spending cuts, climate solutionsJun 07, 2022 1:00 am - Two Lake County Board districts being contested in the Democratic primary are without incumbents in the race. District 16 is a compact area centered on the four Round La...
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Casten campaign blasts Newman tweet as 'deceptive'Jun 07, 2022 1:00 am - A tweet from U.S. Rep. Marie Newman about the women's rights groups endorsing her has drawn fire from the campaign of her chief Democratic rival for the 6th District sea...
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Prosecutors seek 18-month sentence for CullertonJun 07, 2022 1:00 am - Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to sentence former state Sen. Thomas Cullerton to up to 18 months in prison in the $248,000 embezzlement case involving the Teamst...
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4 of 6 GOP candidates in 6th House race understate deadly Capitol riotJun 06, 2022 1:00 am - Editors note: An earlier version of this story should have read the two other Republicans in the race are Burr Ridge Mayor Gary Grasso and Orland Park Mayor Keith Pe...