Articles filed under Politics
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Federal judge imposes oversight on Cook County clerkApr 17, 2020 1:00 am - A federal judge on Friday ordered court oversight for the Cook County clerk's office after determining Clerk Karen Yarbrough has violated anti-patronage hiring rules. In...
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Many small businesses won't survive pandemicApr 17, 2020 1:00 am - On March 20, Gov. Pritzker ordered thousands of businesses to close and left thousands more, like mine, in a kind of limbo that might as well be a shutdown. Pritzker's o...
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How to find a drive-up Wi-Fi hot spot by ZIP codeApr 17, 2020 1:00 am - As students across Illinois get accustomed to remote learning, state agencies have released a new tool aimed at connecting those who need internet to drive-up Wi-Fi hot ...
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Independence has been hallmark of VOA in telling America's storyApr 17, 2020 1:00 am - For more than 40 years, Willis Conover was perhaps the most famous American in the world that most Americans had never heard of. From the mid-1950s until 1996, Conover's...
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Save lives - appoint a supply chain czarApr 16, 2020 1:00 am - In my conversations with our local hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic, I have consistently heard the same concern: "We are worried about our stock of personal protec...
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Pritzker fights COVID-19 from Chicago, irking some downstateApr 16, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker has spent countless hours plotting and planning strategy in the state's race against the COVID-19 pandemic. Those who live in central an...
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When no one knows the person who is sufferingApr 16, 2020 1:00 am - There are important voices we sometimes cannot share. I'm sharing one today. It is an unsigned letter to the editor we received. The Daily Herald does not publish anonym...
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Fixing college corruptionApr 15, 2020 1:00 am - America's colleges are rife with corruption. The financial squeeze resulting from COVID-19 offers opportunities for a bit of remediation. Let's first let's examine what ...
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Adult-style prisons are the wrong approach for helping juvenilesApr 15, 2020 1:00 am - Decades ago, someone in state government decided the state's prisons for teenagers should be called "Youth Centers" - like they were places where teens play basketball, ...
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Coffee with Kifowit takes new approachApr 15, 2020 1:00 am - Continuing to be accessible to residents during the COVID-19 crisis, state Rep. Stephanie Kifowit, an Oswego Democrat, announced she will move her "Coffee with Kifowit" ...