Articles filed under Politics
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Pritzker releases new plan for spending Volkswagen settlementApr 29, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker's administration released a revised plan for how to spend the state's share of a multibillion-dollar Volkswagen settlement for violating...
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Victims of 2017 shooting at softball field deserve better answers from FBIApr 29, 2021 1:00 am - On June 14, 2017, a team of Republican lawmakers went to an athletic field in Alexandria, Virginia, to practice for the annual Congressional Baseball Game for Charity. A...
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Pritzker unveils energy plan amid session's final stretchApr 29, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker's office unveiled a 900-page energy overhaul bill Wednesday, accelerating a yearslong negotiating process which advocates hope will end ...
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There's much to be uneasy about as U.S. leaves AfghanistanApr 28, 2021 1:00 am - I heard a story while at National Defense University about a corporal who said that fighting in Afghanistan was "like fighting in the Bible." To be sure, parts of Afghan...
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Suburban guests virtually attending Biden address to Congress mirror impact of COVID-19Apr 28, 2021 1:00 am - An unemployed mom. A county health department chief. A mayor. Illinois congressional delegation invited a mixed bag of virtual guests to President Joe Biden's first addr...
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Balogna slicing and free speech rightsApr 28, 2021 1:00 am - In January, Simon & Schuster canceled its agreement to publish a book, presumably a memoir-cum-political pandemic, by Sen. Josh Hawley. Last week, in response to interna...
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Lawmakers consider lifting ban on betting on in-state colleges, universitiesApr 28, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - State lawmakers are considering a number of changes to Illinois gambling laws, including a measure that would lift the prohibition on gambling on in-state ...
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Suburban Democrats draw Republican criticism over fair maps 'hypocrisy'Apr 28, 2021 1:00 am - In 2019, seven suburban Democratic state senators signed on in support of a constitutional amendment that aimed to create an independent commission to draw new political...
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Brickman concedes to Mohsenzadeh in Northfield Twp. supervisor's raceApr 28, 2021 1:00 am - The election for supervisor of Northfield Township is finally over. On Tuesday, sitting Supervisor Jill Brickman, who has held the position for five terms since May 2001...
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Mundelein honors Abernathy, Meier and Semple as they prepare to leave village boardApr 27, 2021 5:30 am - As their political service comes to a close, the Mundelein village board's three most-senior members were publicly honored Monday. Proclamations lauding Trustees Dawn Ab...