Articles filed under Politics
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North Korea's threat and South Korea's successOct 05, 2021 1:00 am - By Arthur I. Cyr Guest columnist Once again, North Korea is engaging in disturbing provocation. The totalitarian regime in Pyongyang has announced successful launch of a...
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Pritzker order aims to end subminimum wage for disabled peopleOct 04, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed an executive order Monday that would prevent companies contracting with the state from paying disabled workers at less than the m...
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Authorities step up efforts to fight online child exploitationOct 04, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - State Attorney General Kwame Raoul joined local and federal prosecutors Monday to announce new efforts to combat a rise in online child exploitation in Ill...
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Now is time for transformative investments in mental health careOct 03, 2021 1:00 am - Now more than ever, we need to make transformative investments in mental health care. Too many people live with a mental health disorder but can't access affordable care...
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Jack food, Maggie food and fearOct 03, 2021 1:00 am - My wife Deborah and I have two cats. One is a curvy, entitled calico named Maggie. The other is a gray tabby of no great intelligence named Jack. Cats are the ultimate r...
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'Nancy the Fifth' faces her AgincourtOct 01, 2021 1:00 am - The House is a mess, a visitor might say, with a government shutdown looming at midnight Friday and two Democratic bills worth trillions in infrastructure up in the air....
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Lawmakers from Northwest suburbs love idea of Bears move, but state funding for it? Not so muchOct 01, 2021 1:00 am - State lawmakers whose districts include or would be near the potential new Bears stadium in Arlington Heights said they believe the project would benefit the suburbs, bu...
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The unsettling messages we send when we are unsettledOct 01, 2021 1:00 am - We now know that in the wake of the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol, Joint Chiefs Chairman Mark Milley called his Chinese counterpart General Li Zuocheng. The U.S. had bee...
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Pritzker: No plans for state to help keep Bears in ChicagoSep 30, 2021 1:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Thursday that while he personally wishes the Bears would stay in Chicago rather than move to Arlington Heights, there are no plans for state fina...
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License to work: dissidents need not applySep 30, 2021 1:00 am - "I dreamed of being a PI as a kid," private investigator Joshua Gray told me over the phone. Now he is living the dream. At 44, Gray is a licensed PI in Massachusetts, V...