Articles filed under Politics
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Kane's next chief judge excited, honored to take reins of 16th CircuitSep 03, 2015 1:00 am - Susan Clancy Boles, a Kane County judge since 2007, was elected by her colleagues to serve as the next chief judge of the 16th Judicial Circuit. Boles, 50, said she is e...
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Rauner prevails in major union showdownSep 02, 2015 1:00 am - Gov. Bruce Rauner won a victory over a Democratic majority Wednesday when the Illinois House failed to override his veto of legislation designed to prevent a strike or l...
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Gliniewicz recognized by state officialsSep 02, 2015 1:00 am - State lawmakers held a moment of silence for slain Fox Lake Lt. Joseph Gliniewicz today as the search for suspects in the killing continues more than 200 miles away. "Th...
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Lawmaker: Pray for Fox Lake policeSep 01, 2015 1:00 am - State Rep. Barbara Wheeler, who represents Fox Lake, urged calm as police track three suspects related to the shooting of a Fox Lake police officer today. "As informatio...
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Four questions about the week's big heroin vote answeredSep 01, 2015 1:00 am - Gov. Bruce Rauner's veto of a sweeping anti-heroin proposal could be considered by state lawmakers as early as Wednesday. Here are some answers to key questions about wh...
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Suburban Rundown: Untold Rauner-Quinn tiff over veterans sketchesAug 31, 2015 6:00 am - By Kerry Lester klester@dailyherald.com 1. Where are those sketches? "We definitely didn't steal anything," Billy Morgan, a spokesman for former Gov. Pat Quinn says, ref...
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Editorial: House should uphold veto of bad arbitration lawAug 30, 2015 11:00 pm - As the House prepares to vote Wednesday on a motion to override Gov. Bruce Rauner's veto of a labor arbitration bill, remove the outsized personalities from the equation...
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How Americans actually feel about stronger gun lawsAug 29, 2015 1:00 am - Two journalists in Virginia gunned down on live television by a man who also injured a third person. Two women shot and killed, along with nine other people who were inj...
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Immigration shift shows India, China outpacing MexicoAug 29, 2015 1:00 am - DALLAS - Siddharth Jaganath wanted to return to India after earning his master's degree at Texas' Southern Methodist University. Instead, he built a new life in the U.S....
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Gulf Coast marks Katrina's fury, celebrates rebirthAug 29, 2015 1:00 am - NEW ORLEANS - As the church bells rang marking the decade since Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, the 80-year-old woman wept softly into a tissue as she leaned ag...