Articles filed under Politics
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A post-Roe abortion political 'revolution' is unlikelyDec 10, 2021 12:00 am - The Supreme Court, as this is written, is hearing oral arguments in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, challenging Mississippi's law banning, with...
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Carroll tables COVID-19 legislation after receiving threatsDec 09, 2021 12:00 am - After receiving "violent threats," a state lawmaker from Northbrook withdrew his proposal to require unvaccinated Illinoisans to pay their health care expenses - includi...
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Sometimes, knowing where to look can't find all the details you need for a storyDec 09, 2021 12:00 am - Oh, the things we do in the name of accuracy. Whether on Zoom or, as in those old days seemingly hundreds of years ago, in person, the afternoon news meeting of Daily He...
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Infrastructure bill may bridge more than just our state's riversDec 09, 2021 12:00 am - Last month, I was proud to stand with public officials from around the country as President Biden signed into law the largest investment in American infrastructure in ge...
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Report: Good pension news doesn't alleviate state's underlying financial pressuresDec 09, 2021 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — The state saw its unfunded pension liability decrease in fiscal year 2021 for the first time in four years, due in large part to investment returns that ex...
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Republican Catalina Lauf to run for 11th Congressional District seat, not 16thDec 08, 2021 12:00 am - Yet another of the congressional candidates who had been set to challenge Republican U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger for his 16th District seat has decided to run elsewhere now...
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There's plenty of reason to engage the world's democraciesDec 08, 2021 12:00 am - In 1998, former diplomat and academic James Robert Huntley wrote a little book entitled "Pax Democratica - Toward an Intercontinental Community of Democracies." The Cold...
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The search for leadershipDec 08, 2021 12:00 am - Americans over 65 and those with underlying risk factors are not supposed to travel. Luckily, I have no plans to travel this week. Because I traveled last week. Who knew...
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Illinois Supreme Court lifts hold on judicial redistrictingDec 08, 2021 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Supreme Court will lift its pause order on judicial redistricting on Jan. 1, fully implementing new judicial boundaries passed by the General ...
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Pritzker lets water and sewer bill assistance flowDec 07, 2021 12:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Tuesday urged low-income Illinoisans in need of help with their water and sewer bills to tap into a new $42 million state program created to help t...