Articles filed under Politics
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How Illinois' income tax compares nationwide, and how a graduated tax could change itSep 12, 2020 1:00 am - Editor's note: This story originally ran May 29, 2019. Illinois residents making $1.5 million a year pay less in income taxes than their counterparts in all but eig...
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Endorsement: Underwood over Oberweis for Congress from District 14Sep 11, 2020 11:00 pm - For years, the 14th Congressional District was reliably Republican. When the district stretched almost to the Iowa border, Dennis Hastert won the seat 11 times. Randy Hu...
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Endorsement: Re-elect State Rep. Tom Morrison in District 54Sep 11, 2020 11:00 pm - Two years ago, when the Blue Wave was sweeping Republican legislators out of suburban district after suburban district, Thomas R. "Tom" Morrison of Palatine turned back ...
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Graduated tax gives regular working folks a rare breakSep 11, 2020 1:00 am - Even when things start to sound better, regular working folks can't seem to catch a break. For instance, according to the most recent Bureau of Labor Statistics data, jo...
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Watch the full debate between Schneider and Ramirez Mukherjee in race for CongressSep 11, 2020 1:00 am - The two candidates for Congress from the 10th U.S. House District debated gun control and mail-in voting during a Zoom interview with members of the Daily Herald Editori...
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A piece of cheesecake for 9/11Sep 11, 2020 1:00 am - My wife, Deborah, bought me a piece of cheesecake yesterday. The market she goes to sells individual pieces of cheesecake in clear plastic boxes. "Look," she said happil...
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Constable: Mikva film could inspire future 'nobodies'Sep 10, 2020 5:30 am - In 1948, democracy was riding the high of defeating fascism during World War II. Adlai Stevenson II was campaigning for governor of Illinois. Paul Douglas was running fo...
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Endorsement: Schneider for Congress from District 10Sep 10, 2020 1:00 am - The 10th Congressional District, it seems to us, is a quintessential microcosm of suburban views and values, reflecting those sentiments perhaps more keenly than any oth...
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Endorsement: Quigley in the 5th Congressional DistrictSep 10, 2020 1:00 am - Rep. Mike Quigley has been a familiar face in the news in recent years, grilling Roger Stone about behind-the-scenes contacts with WikiLeaks, pressing Housing and Urban ...
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GOP's slimmed-down virus bill scuttled by Senate DemocratsSep 10, 2020 1:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Democrats scuttled a scaled-back GOP coronavirus rescue package on Thursday, saying the measure shortchanged too many pressing needs as the pand...