Articles filed under Politics
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State lawmakers say insurers are making excess profits during pandemicDec 11, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Two Democratic lawmakers this week introduced legislation to reduce state payments to the insurance companies that manage Illinois' Medicaid program, argui...
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Congress averts shutdown, buys time for more COVID-19 talksDec 11, 2020 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Congress sent a temporary governmentwide funding bill to President Donald Trump on Friday that would avert a federal shutdown at midnight and buy time for o...
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Democrats reaping what they sowDec 10, 2020 12:00 am - "My sense is that if Trump wins, Hillary supporters will be sad," left-wing writer Sally Kohn tweeted the day of the 2016 election. "If Hillary wins, Trump supporters wi...
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Protect higher education MAP funding for Illinois' futureDec 09, 2020 10:00 pm - Never has the danger of election cycles and political expediency been more apparent - or more threatening - for higher education in Illinois than it is right now. Many l...
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Hoffman Estates to ask voters about streetlights, bike racks, car charging stationsDec 09, 2020 12:00 am - In addition to choosing candidates for the village board, Hoffman Estates voters will be asked to weigh in on three advisory referendum questions on the April 6 ballot. ...
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Let's treat voting like the precious right it isDec 09, 2020 12:00 am - With just a handful of votes still uncounted, we now know that the U.S. had its highest voter turnout in more than a century at 66.7 percent of eligible voters in spite ...
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Pelosi's costly Trump obsessionDec 09, 2020 12:00 am - One of the more appalling moments in the recent history of the House of Representatives occurred recently in the Capitol Visitor Center. Speaker Nancy Pelosi gave her we...
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Roselle board pulls home-rule referendum off April ballotDec 08, 2020 12:00 am - A home-rule referendum won't be on the ballot in April in Roselle after all, after a majority on the village board said there wouldn't be enough time to educate voters a...
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Mourning doves and chickadeesDec 08, 2020 12:00 am - Weather forecasters had warned us that snow was coming, and it turns out they weren't kidding. We got about a foot in our Cleveland neighborhood last Tuesday. Twice that...
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Who will be President Biden's Stu Spencer?Dec 08, 2020 12:00 am - The first reviews are in on President-elect Joe Biden's choices for Cabinet and White House positions. And they are overwhelmingly positive: "seasoned," "experienced," "...