Articles filed under Politics
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Analysis: Starbucks' Schultz challenged to find constituency for 2020 bidJan 30, 2019 12:00 am - Former Starbucks Chief Executive Officer Howard Schultz's flirtation with an independent presidential bid faces a much bigger challenge than the furious reaction he enge...
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Fair graduated income tax would be good for IllinoisJan 30, 2019 12:00 am - Illinois' new Governor JB Pritzker wants to amend the Illinois Constitution to allow income tax rates to correspond to ability to pay. Hence, higher income levels would ...
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Alderman given an ultimatumJan 30, 2019 12:00 am - Four Chicago aldermen demanded Wednesday that colleague Danny Solis make a choice: Come "out of the shadows," apologize for his transgressions and start serving his cons...
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Sun-Times: Federal affidavit details investigation of Alderman SolisJan 29, 2019 12:00 am - Retiring Alderman Danny Solis (25th) received sex acts, Viagra, free weekend use of an Indiana farm once owned by Oprah Winfrey and a steady stream of campaign contribut...
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FBI secretly recorded Madigan pitching law firm's servicesJan 29, 2019 12:00 am - The FBI secretly recorded Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan trying to get business for his private law firm from a developer brought to him by Alderman Danny Solis,...
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Schillerstrom resigns as tollway chairman amid agency churnJan 29, 2019 12:00 am - A pivotal figure at the Illinois tollway for the last four years has resigned amid scrutiny of the agency and a legislative push to clean house. Chairman Robert Schiller...
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Multinational successes defy 'America First' foreign policyJan 29, 2019 12:00 am - We have just passed the halfway point of the first term of the Trump presidency and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was just at the U.N. trying to orchestrate a multinati...
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Murphy to lead Illinois Senate commerce committeeJan 29, 2019 12:00 am - State Sen. Laura Murphy, a Democrat from Des Plaines, will serve as chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Commerce of Economic Development, a committee that evaluates th...
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This reform is providing school options for Illinois students in needJan 29, 2019 12:00 am - By Dan McCaleb Guest columnist Imagine a life without choices, one in which there's just a single option available to you for almost everything. Lunchtime? Enjoy your pe...
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Legislator proposes letting residents elect Aurora library boardJan 28, 2019 12:00 am - State Rep. Stephanie Kifowit thinks Aurora voters should decide if they want more direct control of the Aurora Public Library board. The Aurora Democrat has proposed a b...