Articles filed under Politics
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Join 'Drinks & Dialogue' on school district consolidation Aug. 24Aug 21, 2022 11:00 pm - Can school district consolidation increase the quality and cost-effectiveness of local schools? Join the next "Drinks & Dialogue" on Wednesday, Aug. 24, at Wolfden Brewi...
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Syndicated columnist Marc Munroe Dion: Flip, flop or fail : The bottom line on Liz CheneyAug 21, 2022 1:00 am - About 20 years ago, I was covering the governing body of a local suburb. One cool evening in early fall, when the wind was sighing softly in the trees outside town hall,...
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Gun Sense Rally in Lake Zurich: The time is ripe for reform, advocates sayAug 21, 2022 1:00 am - Federal lawmakers, candidates for state and county offices, and a witness to the mass shooting at Highland Park's Independence Day parade gathered Sunday in Lake Zurich'...
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Guest columnist Matt Paprocki: An unlimited property tax hike may be hidden in proposed amendmentAug 21, 2022 1:00 am - There's a familiar feeling of dread many Illinoisans share when the county notices appear in their mailboxes. They know their property tax bills will cause them pain. Th...
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Syndicated columnist Debra J. Saunders: Broken border, dysfunctional governmentAug 18, 2022 1:00 am - The wages of sanctimony hover over New York Mayor Eric Adams. With President Joe Biden's policies drawing record numbers of migrants to cross the Texas border illegally,...
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Syndicated columnist Jamie Stiehm: Members of 'Silent Generation' still have much to say and doAug 18, 2022 1:00 am - Historian David McCullough has left us at 89, a beloved storyteller of presidents and nation-building feats such as the Brooklyn Bridge. Author Douglas Brinkley likened ...
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'Democrats deliver' is party's rallying cry at Illinois State FairAug 17, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - In one of the largest annual gatherings of Illinois Democrats on Wednesday, the party had a message for its faithful that attended a pair of Illinois State...
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Syndicated columnist Veronique de Rugy: The dwindling difference between our two parties on spendingAug 17, 2022 1:00 am - For a few years, I have sounded the alarm that a growing wave of conservatives are working to make Republicans indistinguishable from Democrats on social spending. Some ...
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Syndicated columnist Byron York: 86,852 new IRS employees is too many, too fastAug 17, 2022 1:00 am - You've probably heard Republicans say the Inflation Reduction Act - the massive spending bill just passed by Senate Democrats - includes provisions to hire 87,000 new In...
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State police grilled over 'clear and present danger' report on Highland Park suspectAug 17, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Officials from the Illinois State Police faced questioning Wednesday from Republican lawmakers who said the agency had authority to reject a gun permit app...