Articles filed under Politics
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Republican questions cost of more COVID reliefOct 09, 2020 5:02 am - With the nation's debt rising, Republican congressional candidate Valerie Ramirez Mukherjee of Northbrook on Thursday questioned the cost efficiency of another federal C...
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Editorial: Committee investigating Madigan should not delay its workOct 09, 2020 1:00 am - The Illinois House created a Special Investigating Committee in September to study whether Speaker Michael Madigan should be censured for connections to the ComEd briber...
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Black caucus highlights racial health disparitiesOct 09, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Legislative Black Caucus is drawing attention to national and statewide health disparities between Black and white Americans in an effort to e...
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In 25th Amendment bid, Pelosi mulls Trump's fitness to serveOct 09, 2020 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is questioning President Donald Trump's fitness to serve, announcing legislation Thursday that would create a commission to allow...
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While Casten calls Trump 'dangerous,' Ives supports the presidentOct 09, 2020 1:00 am - While Democratic U.S. Rep. Sean Casten has called Donald Trump "the most dangerous president we have ever known," Republican congressional challenger Jeanne Ives is voic...
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Are barn, fire station upgrades worth sales tax hike? Lake Zurich voters to decideOct 08, 2020 5:27 am - A sales tax increase on the Lake Zurich ballot would pay for rebuilding the Paulus Park Barn, improving the 38-year-old Fire Station No. 1 and financing other projects. ...
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13 charged in plots against Michigan governor, policeOct 08, 2020 1:00 am - DETROIT (AP) - Agents foiled a stunning plot to kidnap Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, authorities said Thursday in announcing charges in an alleged scheme th...
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'Harris/Fly 2024': Debate viewers couldn't look away from the bug on Pence's headOct 08, 2020 1:00 am - The fly touched down on Vice President Mike Pence's lustrous white hair midway through the vice presidential debate on Wednesday night. For more than two minutes, it sta...
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Remember the riots? They're still happeningOct 08, 2020 1:00 am - It wasn't too long ago that the news was filled with reports of violent protests in Portland, Oregon; Seattle; Washington, D.C., and other cities around the nation. And ...
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How electric vehicles could change our livesOct 08, 2020 1:00 am - Lung health has taken center stage in the COVID-19 pandemic era, and it's never been clearer that pulmonary well-being is essential to life. Yet nearly half of all Ameri...