Articles filed under Politics
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Hunter Biden's Midas touchJun 27, 2021 1:00 am - President Joe Biden clearly has no problem with his son Hunter Biden cashing in on the family name. It's something Biden has in common with former President Donald Trump...
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Love, loss and pandemic puppiesJun 27, 2021 1:00 am - My daughter got Bella at her dad's house shortly after the divorce. My ex even called the sweet yellow lab "the divorce dog." Visits with dad also meant time with Bella,...
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Editorial: The fallacy that every issue has two sidesJun 26, 2021 2:00 pm - How do we bridge the gaps that divide the country, the gulf that separates you from, say, the cousin who seems to see the world from an altered state? Easier said than d...
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VP Harris, what about the 'root cause' of urban homicide?Jun 25, 2021 1:00 am - Vice President Kamala Harris just returned from Guatemala where she discussed the "root cause" of the post-election "surge" of "migrants" to our southern border. Harris ...
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Charles Murray's two uncomfortable truths and his not bad adviceJun 25, 2021 1:00 am - Give Charles Murray, longtime scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, credit for courage. Again and again, despite outrageously unfair attacks, he has returned to ...
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Chicago Public Schools employees ask U.S. Supreme Court to hear challenge to union duesJun 25, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Two Chicago Public Schools employees are challenging the validity of their signed contracts to pay union dues as unconstitutional under a 2018 decision tha...
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Fitch upgrades Illinois' credit outlook to 'positive'Jun 24, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Fitch Ratings, one of three credit rating agencies that grade Illinois bonds, has upgraded its credit outlook for the state from "negative" to "positive." ...
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District aims to expand accessJun 24, 2021 1:00 am - This is in response to a guest column in the June 16 Daily Herald headlined "Transparency a concern as schools consider 'de-tracking.'" As President of the District 214 ...
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Reporting on a tornado in a 24-hour news cycleJun 24, 2021 1:00 am - We're all familiar with the 24-hour cycle in which news circulates today. For complex political and social issues, that cycle gets blamed for a lot of premature, misinfo...
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Juneteenth celebration is prematureJun 23, 2021 1:00 am - The celebration of Juneteenth is premature. We should celebrate only when everyone is treated equally and fairly. When in some states the vote of legitimate voters is be...