Articles filed under Politics
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Prosecutors challenge SAFE-T Act eliminating cash bail as thousands sign petitionSep 21, 2022 5:00 am - As questions linger over what the end of cash bail will mean in Illinois, three county state's attorneys are turning to the courts for help, and one state senator has la...
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Council declares Chicago a 'bodily autonomy sanctuary city'Sep 21, 2022 1:00 am - Residents of Indiana and other states descending on Chicago for the abortions and "gender-affirming" care outlawed in their home states can soon rest assured they will n...
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State Sen. Emil Jones III hit with federal bribery charges tied to red-light camera investigationSep 20, 2022 1:00 am - State Sen. Emil Jones III has been hit with federal bribery charges as part of a yearslong investigation involving the politically connected red-light camera company Saf...
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Guest columnist Keith Peterson: A glimpse of what can happen when voters consider long-term futureSep 20, 2022 1:00 am - If you are reading this editorial page, odds are that you are among the 40 percent of Americans who can name their member of Congress or the 55 percent that can name the...
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Daily Herald opinion: Frerichs' release from Taliban custody required difficult but welcome decisionsSep 20, 2022 1:00 am - This editorial is the consensus opinion of the Daily Herald Editorial Board Some of the Taliban rhetoric following the release of Lombard-native Mark Frerichs from ...
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Syndicated columnist Bonnie Jean Feldkamp: How our dream house fell apart when faced with a pandemicSep 20, 2022 1:00 am - We're closing on our house and this move feels like a failure. We purchased the house six months before the pandemic hit. We'd moved from Louisville back to the small No...
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McHenry County sues over SAFE-T ActSep 19, 2022 1:00 am - McHenry County is now the third county in Illinois to sue the governor and Illinois attorney general over the elimination of cash bail passed as part of the SAFE-T Act, ...
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Syndicated columnist Marc Munroe Dion: Please release me, Mike LindellSep 18, 2022 1:00 am - Ya let me down, Mike. Ya let me down bad. I'm not a fussy guy. Third-rate is good enough for me. When my car gets dented or scraped, I don't get it fixed. I like canned ...
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On Hispanic Heritage Month and the ironies of La VidaSep 18, 2022 1:00 am - "I want to learn Spanish, move to Spain and marry a Spanish woman," said Brian, a man in his mid-30s, in a thick, Southside Irish accent. I, as a broke grad student wit...
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Vice president urges Illinoisans to protect abortion rights at ballot boxSep 16, 2022 1:00 am - In a visit to Chicago, Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday urged Democrats to fight for abortion rights at the ballot box, capping a polarizing week that included a n...