Articles filed under Politics
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Another historic anniversary stirs attention on voting rightsAug 13, 2020 1:00 am - There are many reasons that Aug. 6 marks an important date in American history. Most are aware the atomic bomb was first used by the United States when dropped on the Ja...
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Democrats outline ethics proposalsAug 13, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — Several Democratic state lawmakers called a virtual news conference Thursday morning in support of ethics reforms, hours before news broke that another Dem...
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Tollway pushes back on regulator's rulingAug 13, 2020 1:00 am - A state regulator's ruling the Illinois tollway acted illegally and mishandled two unsuccessful bids for construction projects was "unfair" and unreasonable, an attorney...
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Can Trump win with promise to restore safety and order?Aug 13, 2020 1:00 am - Portland, Seattle, Chicago, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York and other major cities are experiencing a breakdown of order - violence and conflict that is a mixture of left...
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Images: California Sen. Kamala Harris through the yearsAug 12, 2020 1:00 am - Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has chosen California Sen. Kamala Harris to be his running mate. A gallery of Associated Press photos and pictures released b...
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State sets tiebreaker for awarding conditional marijuana licensesAug 12, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation adopted permanent rules this week to break ties in the application process for 75 conditio...
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Merger will help hospital grow and remain community-focusedAug 12, 2020 1:00 am - Last month, Northwest Community Healthcare announced our intention to merge with NorthShore University Health System. For many years, NCH has been sought as a partner b...
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Let's avoid the dueling dogmaAug 12, 2020 1:00 am - On Thursday, July 30, President Donald Trump landed here in Cleveland and had barely plodded across the tarmac before declaring that Joe Biden would "hurt God." I strugg...
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Will recorder office referendum get axed in DuPage?Aug 11, 2020 5:30 am - DuPage County Board members may scrap a plan to have voters decide the future of the recorder's office and instead put three other referendum questions on the fall ballo...
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DuPage scraps plan for referendum on abolishing recorder's officeAug 11, 2020 1:00 am - DuPage officials have abandoned a plan to have voters decide whether the recorder's office should be merged with the clerk's office after an independent study found the ...