Articles filed under Politics
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Editorial: Illinois' debt puts Georgia on our mindsDec 12, 2020 1:00 pm - Here's something that nobody's talking about: Georgia voters will have a lot to say about how much pain and suffering the future's going to hold in Illinois. The convent...
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Raoul opposes Texas lawsuit to overturn election resultsDec 11, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul joined onto a legal brief, along with a coalition of 22 other Democratic attorneys general, that is asking the U.S. S...
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The new leader of the criminals' lobbyDec 11, 2020 12:00 am - Having been run out of San Francisco, as liberal a place as you will find in America, George Gascon relocated to Los Angeles. Having failed to free everyone from prison ...
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State lawmakers say insurers are making excess profits during pandemicDec 11, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Two Democratic lawmakers this week introduced legislation to reduce state payments to the insurance companies that manage Illinois' Medicaid program, argui...
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Congress averts shutdown, buys time for more COVID-19 talksDec 11, 2020 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Congress sent a temporary governmentwide funding bill to President Donald Trump on Friday that would avert a federal shutdown at midnight and buy time for o...
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Democrats reaping what they sowDec 10, 2020 12:00 am - "My sense is that if Trump wins, Hillary supporters will be sad," left-wing writer Sally Kohn tweeted the day of the 2016 election. "If Hillary wins, Trump supporters wi...
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Protect higher education MAP funding for Illinois' futureDec 09, 2020 10:00 pm - Never has the danger of election cycles and political expediency been more apparent - or more threatening - for higher education in Illinois than it is right now. Many l...
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Hoffman Estates to ask voters about streetlights, bike racks, car charging stationsDec 09, 2020 12:00 am - In addition to choosing candidates for the village board, Hoffman Estates voters will be asked to weigh in on three advisory referendum questions on the April 6 ballot. ...
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Let's treat voting like the precious right it isDec 09, 2020 12:00 am - With just a handful of votes still uncounted, we now know that the U.S. had its highest voter turnout in more than a century at 66.7 percent of eligible voters in spite ...
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Pelosi's costly Trump obsessionDec 09, 2020 12:00 am - One of the more appalling moments in the recent history of the House of Representatives occurred recently in the Capitol Visitor Center. Speaker Nancy Pelosi gave her we...