Articles filed under Politics
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New gun dealer regulations to take effect FridayJan 13, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - New rules governing how retail gun dealers do business go into effect Friday and include the types of records they must keep, how weapons and ammunition ar...
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Women's March Fox Valley returns to Geneva Jan. 18Jan 12, 2020 10:00 pm - U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-Naperville), Republican Kane County State's Attorney Joe McMahon and teen activists from the local chapter of March For Our Lives are among...
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'Sources of conduct' show challenges of Iranian containmentJan 12, 2020 12:00 am - As the United States and Iran have taken a step back from confrontation, the questions going forward are what happens next and is there a path for the United States to a...
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Hatred slashes the bonds of brotherhoodJan 12, 2020 12:00 am - Another news cycle brings with it the news of yet another anti-Semitic attack targeting America's Jewish community, as well as a fresh attack on Christian worshippers at...
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Editorial: Madigan's latest scandal, Springfield's latest outrageJan 10, 2020 10:00 pm - It reads like a sordid conversation between members of a crime syndicate family. "He kept his mouth shut on Jones' ghost workers, the rape in Champaign and other things,...
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In the Soleimani assassination, Trump threads the needle between boldness and rashnessJan 10, 2020 12:00 am - Much of the domestic and international critique of President Donald Trump's unusual and unilateral decision to assassinate top Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani centers arou...
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Madigan says no to House-led investigation of 'rape in Champaign' emailJan 09, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - House Speaker Michael Madigan said Thursday he will not initiate a House-led inquiry into a recently unearthed 2012 email written by a state government ins...
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Illinois Medicaid now covering transgender therapy, proceduresJan 09, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Medicaid program now covers medical procedures for people transitioning from one gender to another. The Department of Healthcare and Family Se...
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Remembering tragedy can be link to hopeJan 09, 2020 12:00 am - A.J. Freund died before his sixth birthday, but he may have accomplished something important in his difficult short life. That will not be because the Crystal Lake boy s...
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State lawmakers say new FDA policy on vaping doesn't go far enoughJan 09, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Some Illinois lawmakers say a new U.S. Food and Drug Administration policy responding to a growing trend of youth e-cigarette use does not go far enough. T...