Articles filed under Politics
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Schools' pandemic timeline - uncertainty and constant changeJul 30, 2020 1:00 am - As a superintendent who, in my career, has also held positions at the State Board of Education and the Illinois Department of Public Health, I know officials in those ag...
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When mob mentality and moral suasion meet the marketsJul 30, 2020 1:00 am - A wave of hasty firings is sweeping across the country, driven by demands from what some call the "cancel culture." The New York Times editorial page editor James Bennet...
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U.S. jabs Russia over claim of spreading virus disinformationJul 29, 2020 1:00 am - MOSCOW — U.S. officials say Russian intelligence officers are spreading disinformation about the coronavirus pandemic through English-language websites, trying to exploi...
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State regulators grill ComEd executivesJul 29, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Top executives of ComEd faced tough questions from state regulators Wednesday as they publicly apologized for the lobbying scandal that is forcing the comp...
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Sheriffs association calls Pritzker's prisoner transfer order ineffectiveJul 29, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - While Gov. J.B. Pritzker issued a new executive order this week allowing for transfers into state prisons at the discretion of the Illinois Department of C...
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Rozner: In Illinois, you can always bet on one winner. And it's not you.Jul 27, 2020 11:00 pm - Even if you're not interested in sports betting, you have to be fascinated by the politics of what's occurred over the last few weeks. It's enough to make you wonder wh...
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Libertarian candidate visits with voters in Green OaksJul 25, 2020 11:00 pm - Libertarian Party presidential candidate Jo Jorgensen paid a visit Sunday to the area in which she grew up, holding a meet-and-greet with voters at Post Time Sports Bar ...
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Chris Wallace is uniquely qualified to interview Trump - and uniquely independent at Fox NewsJul 24, 2020 11:00 pm - During his interview with President Donald Trump, "Fox News Sunday" host Chris Wallace may have uttered four of the most important words in the long, jagged history of T...
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Report: Merging 2 DuPage offices may not save moneyJul 23, 2020 11:00 pm - A proposal to eliminate the DuPage recorder of deeds office and merge it with the county clerk's office in two years won't save as much money as promised, according to a...
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GOP lawmakers' calls for ComEd hearings rebuffedJul 22, 2020 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — The chairwoman of the Illinois House Energy and Environment Committee said this week she will not hold hearings to examine what impact ComEd's lobbying and...