Articles filed under Politics
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Trump to send federal agents to Chicago, maybe other citiesJul 20, 2020 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is planning to deploy federal agents to Chicago and possibly other Democrat-run cities as he continues to assert federal power and us...
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State unveils six-year road, bridge improvement planJul 20, 2020 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Gov. J.B. Pritzker joined Illinois Department of Transportation officials Tuesday to unveil a six-year, $21.3 billion statewide road and bridge improvement...
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Group: Smaller county board could lead to less diversity, bigger workloadJul 20, 2020 11:00 pm - Eliminating one-third of the seats on the DuPage County Board to save money also may lead to a lack of diversity on the panel, increased workloads for its members, and o...
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6th Congressional race: Casten, Ives go virtual to raise enthusiasm, fundsJul 20, 2020 5:30 am - Campaign fundraising totals in the hundreds of thousands of dollars from the second quarter this year show candidates for U.S. Congress in the 6th District are finding w...
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Rule change streamlines eviction processJul 20, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Supreme Court announced last week that it approved a change to rules governing eviction proceedings that will simplify the process for both la...
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Trump opponents have assumed his worst traitsJul 19, 2020 1:00 am - You could say it's all Donald Trump's fault. His bad qualities - his carelessness about facts, his obstinance about admitting error, his contempt for others' views - hav...
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White privilege, black lives and the lessons of a protestJul 19, 2020 1:00 am - Recently, I participated in a protest in Mount Greenwood, Illinois. Black, brown and white people marched in the street, shouting "Black Lives Matter" and "George Floyd"...
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White privilege, black lives and the lessons of a protestJul 18, 2020 3:00 pm - Recently, I participated in a protest in Mount Greenwood, Illinois. Black, brown and white people marched in the street, shouting "Black Lives Matter" and "George Floyd"...
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Constable: White author learned early how Black lives matterJul 18, 2020 1:00 am - As a white girl growing up in Arlington Heights in the 1950s and '60s, Patricia Hruby Powell was taught that Black Lives Matter long before that concept became a movemen...
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Editorial: It can be denied no longer: Speaker Madigan must goJul 17, 2020 11:00 pm - Federal prosecutors have not yet indicated whether they will indict the Illinois House speaker they dub “Public Official A” in documents filed with an explosive ComEd pl...