Articles filed under Politics
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After report on hotel loan, Trump blames Chicago 'politicians,' says he is 'smart guy'Oct 28, 2020 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - A day after The New York Times story about President Donald Trump's Chicago hotel and tower financial woes - and how he outmaneuvered his lenders and avoide...
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Endorsement: Gong-Gershowitz for state House Dist. 17Oct 28, 2020 1:00 am - State Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz, a Glenview Democrat, is just finishing her first term serving the 17th district. But when House Speaker Michael Madigan was initiall...
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Constable: If you think this election is contentious, it's not nearly as bad as 1860Oct 27, 2020 5:30 am - By Burt Constable The pandemic has put us in the habit of adding the word "unprecedented" to everything. But next week's contentious, life-altering and sure-to-be-ugly e...
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Big Journalism's laptop/dossier double standardOct 27, 2020 1:00 am - "60 Minutes" host Lesley Stahl probably figured her sit-down with President Donald Trump last week would be the usual fare. She would ask "tough questions," as she told ...
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Schneider releases first TV ad; challenger Ramirez Mukherjee avoiding the airwavesOct 26, 2020 5:30 am - With a little more than a week to go until Election Day, Democratic U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider's first TV commercial of the season has hit the airwaves. Meanwhile, Republi...
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Casten and Underwood dramatically outspent Ives and Oberweis in early October, records showOct 26, 2020 1:00 am - Democrats in two hot suburban congressional races spent vastly more than their Republican opponents on advertising and other campaign expenses in the first half of Octob...
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Schools will benefit from vote for 'fairness'Oct 25, 2020 1:00 am - As a teacher who works in a well-funded suburban district in Illinois, I always joke with my CPS teacher friends that they should join the dark side and "come to the sub...
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Flat tax vote will shape the state's future - and not for the betterOct 25, 2020 1:00 am - Illinois voters will cast the most important vote of their lifetime on Nov. 3, one that will determine whether our state can make a full economic recovery following the ...
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Constable: Suburban teacher on ballot as third-party VP candidateOct 24, 2020 1:00 am - In the 2016 presidential election, Amar Patel of Lombard was so turned off by the prospect of choosing between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton that he voted for himself...
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Lawmakers push to reform state's bail systemOct 24, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Some state lawmakers are looking to reform the cash bail system in Illinois, mainly by ending the use of money bonds as a factor in preventing a suspect's ...