Articles filed under Politics
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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...
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A boost for an old ladyDec 07, 2021 12:00 am - By Marc Munro Dion I went to get my COVID-19 booster the day before Thanksgiving. I had an appointment at a chain drugstore in a strip mall located in the dope-shooting...
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To build a brighter future, we must make public transit greener, more accessibleDec 07, 2021 12:00 am - In July, we hosted a town hall meeting in Hanover Park to ask residents how public transportation could be improved in the Northwest suburbs. The message from attendees ...
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Judges question lawyers in redistricting suitsDec 07, 2021 12:00 am - Oral arguments began Tuesday in three lawsuits challenging the new legislative district maps that lawmakers passed earlier this year with three federal judges in Chicago...
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Proposal would put the unvaccinated on the hook for COVID-19 treatment expensesDec 06, 2021 12:00 am - Legislation filed Monday in the state House would require unvaccinated Illinoisans to pay for their health care expenses — including hospital bills — out of pocket if th...
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Dec 06, 2021 12:00 am - Connecting to readers, and helping readers to connect to each other, through social media has become an integral part of the Daily Herald's mission as a community newspa...
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State senators to hold hearing on tollway leadership shufflingDec 06, 2021 12:00 am - For the third time in three years, state senators will scrutinize current Illinois tollway leaders regarding how they conduct business. The focus at a hearing Tuesday is...
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Behind the Curtain: The effort we make to edit wire biasDec 06, 2021 12:00 am - The Daily Herald relies on wire services for most of our state, national and international news. We notice biases, implicit or subtle, in all the sources at one time or...
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Family, and country, dividedDec 05, 2021 12:00 am - My brother is older than me and when I was in high school, he worked second shift. I'd stay up waiting for him to get home and we'd work on jigsaw puzzles on the floor o...
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Thinking through the trade-offs of federally mandated paid leaveDec 05, 2021 12:00 am - The nonsensical coverage of the debate over paid leave continues. Apparently, opposing a federal paid-leave program is the equivalent of being anti-family or pro-sufferi...