Articles filed under Politics
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Editorial: Pritzker becomes latest governor to take a pension holidayApr 10, 2019 1:00 am - The News-Gazette in Champaign noted after new Gov. J.B. Pritzker unveiled his $39 billion spending plan that it diverted $838 million that was to be used for public-pens...
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Parker: Does Democratic field have a just and inspirational leader?Apr 10, 2019 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - In his most famous dialogue, "The Republic," Plato, via Socrates, explored the idea that a just state would best function under the leadership of a perfectl...
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Graduated tax amendment clears Senate committeeApr 10, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A constitutional amendment that would allow the state to adopt a graduated income tax is on its way to the full state Senate after clearing committee on pa...
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Huntley library expansion plans move forwardApr 10, 2019 1:00 am - Plans to expand the Huntley Area Public Library are moving forward after voters authorized borrowing roughly $12 million to double its size. Officials are working to get...
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House votes to raise teacher payApr 10, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - More than 60 percent of Illinois public school districts have a starting annual salary for teachers of less than $40,000. That could change as both chamber...
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Guest View: HB825 amounts to tax on rainApr 09, 2019 1:00 am - By State Rep. Allen Skillicorn Guest columnist "I know to you it might sound strange. But I wish it would rain." - The Temptations There isn't anything Springfield won...
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Gerson: Feelings aside, white supremacy must be undoneApr 09, 2019 1:00 am - By MICHAEL GERSON WASHINGTON - The national debate on race - which the president has made more angry and urgent with his racial demagoguery - is hindered by imprecise la...
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Skillicorn: Democrats' rain tax will become a delugeApr 09, 2019 1:00 am - By State Rep. Allen Skillicorn Guest columnist "I know to you it might sound strange. But I wish it would rain." - The Temptations There isn't anything Springfield won...
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Images: Through the Film Magnifier: Blackhawks, Good Humor Man, Sears, Woodfield Mall and moreApr 08, 2019 4:00 am - This edition of the Through the Film Magnifier gallery highlights Daily Herald archived photos of Harper College, Blackhawks hockey, Sears opening at Woodfield Mall, the...
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Rap songs, bikers and foot slapping: Israeli campaigning reaches home stretchApr 08, 2019 1:00 am - JERUSALEM - The rap songs, leather-clad bikers, one particularly bizarre foot-slapping incident, controversial political statements and photo ops in Jerusalem's main mar...