Articles filed under Politics
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State budget impasse imperils Mt. Prospect programsOct 31, 2015 11:00 pm - After the previous decade's recession, Mount Prospect underwent a painful series of service and staff cuts in 2010 and 2011. Now, as a result of the budget impasse in S...
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Bush-Rubio rivalry intensifiesOct 31, 2015 1:00 am - DES MOINES, Iowa - Neither Jeb Bush nor Marco Rubio emphasized the need to do well in Iowa in the early months of the 2016 presidential campaign. But that's changed as ...
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Trump releases plan for veterans' careOct 31, 2015 1:00 am - NORFOLK, Va. - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump released a plan on Saturday aimed at improving veterans' health care and other services in the wake of cont...
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Dorothy Brown welcomes federal hiring monitor in televised interviewOct 29, 2015 11:00 pm - Nearly a week after Cook County Democratic Party leaders dropped support for Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown amid a federal corruption investigation, the longtime poli...
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Emanuel rips Rauner over governor's criticism of Chicago tax hikeOct 29, 2015 11:00 pm - In an escalating war of words between two friends, Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Friday that Gov. Bruce Rauner needed to "stop name-calling and just do your job" after Rauner ...
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Roskam says new Speaker Ryan will plot a 'different direction'Oct 29, 2015 1:00 am - A few weeks ago when Speaker John Boehner announced he'd step down, Republican U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam of Wheaton called on his party to huddle up and talk about its futu...
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Hastert took responsibility for Mark Foley sex scandal in 2006Oct 28, 2015 1:00 am - Nine years ago this month, U.S. Speaker Dennis Hastert approached a news conference microphone outside his Batavia office, ready to address a scandal that threatened his...
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Editorial: Rauner, Madigan, let's do this in publicOct 26, 2015 11:00 pm - Imagine the political spectacle of Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner, Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan and the other legislative leaders giving a public airing to the...
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Some backers say Bush running out of timeOct 24, 2015 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - For months, Jeb Bush's campaign insisted it was too early. To worry about the Republican presidential candidate's sluggish poll numbers. Or fret over the r...
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Illinois budget mess spurs biggest pension fund withdrawal everOct 23, 2015 1:00 am - Illinois's decision to delay payments to its pension fund because of a prolonged budget impasse is starting to have real consequences. The State Employees' Retirement Sy...