Articles filed under Politics
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Three reasons Joe Biden will never be presidentMar 12, 2020 1:00 am - By Byron York Joe Biden was sworn into the United States Senate on Jan. 3, 1973. He remained in the Senate until Jan. 15, 2009 - a span of 36 years. If history is any gu...
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Ives, Kinzler square off Tuesday in GOP primary to oppose CastenMar 12, 2020 1:00 am - Policy hasn't been the sticking point in the race for the Republican nomination to challenge U.S. Rep. Sean Casten in the 6th U.S. Congressional District. Candidates Je...
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Elk Grove Village board moves to block another referendum from opponentsMar 11, 2020 1:00 am - Less than two weeks after the state Supreme Court struck down an Elk Grove Village term limits referendum, the village board has placed three advisory questions on the N...
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Recognizing the voice of leadershipMar 11, 2020 1:00 am - We're traveling in a crowded subway car somewhere under Manhattan when, without warning, the car comes to an abrupt halt in a tunnel in between stations. The subway car ...
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Rights versus wishesMar 11, 2020 1:00 am - Sen. Bernie Sanders said: "I believe that health care is a right of all people." He's not alone in that contention. That claim comes from Democrats and Republicans and l...
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Editorial: Capitol News Illinois and the duty to cover state governmentMar 10, 2020 1:00 am - At statehouses across the country, news bureaus are in distress. As local news operations have struggled since the Great Recession to manage large-scale losses of tradit...
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Why international court's probe of war crimes won't get anywhereMar 10, 2020 1:00 am - Last week, the International Criminal Court in The Hague reversed an earlier decision and ruled that its chief prosecutor could open a broad investigation into possible ...
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'Dirt log,' highway commissioner's desk calendar among the items sought in FBI raidMar 09, 2020 5:30 am - When federal agents raided the Bloomingdale Township Road Department in January, their targets included Highway Commissioner Robert Czernek's desk calendar, a "dirt log,...
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Long Grove church event Sunday aims to bridge political divideMar 09, 2020 1:00 am - Hope Lutheran Church is hosting a communitywide conversation, "Talking Across the Political Divide - a Better Angels Workshop," from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, March 15, in the...
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What Chicagoans can do to fix WashingtonMar 09, 2020 1:00 am - Chicagoans are undoubtedly sick of Washington's dithering. The cycle of partisan retribution reflected on cable news shows and social media has driven faith in governmen...