Articles filed under Politics
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Sun-Times: Newly-elected lawmaker from Naperville says she's being threatened over Madigan voteDec 14, 2018 12:00 am - Anne Stava-Murray, an incoming freshman legislator from Naperville, says she is receiving warnings from Democratic lawmakers and unions that a "no" vote on Michael Madig...
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McConnaughay told Rauner he couldn't pick his own replacement on ballotDec 14, 2018 12:00 am - A former Republican state senator from St. Charles confirmed she was recruited by outgoing Gov. Bruce Rauner to replace him on the ballot shortly after he won the March ...
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The path to success for Heather Nauert at the UNDec 13, 2018 12:00 am - Those of us of a certain age can actually remember the high drama as America's Ambassador to the United Nations Adlai Stevenson confronted the Soviets with photographic ...
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Longtime Kane judge valued 'collective wisdom' of juries, variety of rolesDec 13, 2018 12:00 am - Jury duty can be a thankless and disruptive task, especially if a person reports and isn't called to a courtroom to potentially serve. That's where James Hallock, a judg...
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Pathogens couldn't care less about Italian politicsDec 12, 2018 12:00 am - FLORENCE, Italy - It was here in 1614 that Tommaso Caccini preached a sermon in the church of Santa Maria Novella denouncing Galileo and other scientists who held the he...
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Congresswoman to Google CEO: Why when I search 'idiot' do I get pictures of Trump?Dec 12, 2018 12:00 am - In an effort to understand how Google search algorithms work, a Democratic congresswoman asked the tech company's CEO a simple question: "If you Google the word 'idiot' ...
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Editorial: Why do we still have pension double dipping?Dec 11, 2018 10:00 pm - It's the kind of thing that gives public pensions a bad name. A firefighter works a job for 30 years, then begins collecting a pension while moving to another full-time ...
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Man of integrity called us to be our bestDec 09, 2018 12:00 am - My most special insight into the spirit of George H.W. Bush came in the early 1980s in an interview arranged aboard a plane he was taking between D.C. and Charlotte. He ...
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Constable: Taking pointers from Bush, former judge maintains Lake County rootsDec 08, 2018 12:00 am - When he was a fourth-grader, Fred Foreman moved with his family into his grandfather's two-bedroom, one-bathroom converted summer cottage in the Lake County community of...
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What does it really mean to be patriotic?Dec 07, 2018 12:00 am - Patriotism has been on a lot of people's minds lately. French President Emanuel Macron recently criticized President Donald Trump and other world leaders for their "us v...