Articles filed under Politics
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Terminally ill patients could get access to experimental drugsAug 05, 2015 1:00 am - Terminally ill Illinoisans should soon be able to try experimental drugs not yet approved by federal regulators after Gov. Bruce Rauner signed the proposal into law Wedn...
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Illinois day care workers must now have measles vaccineAug 04, 2015 1:00 am - Illinois day care workers will have to prove they're immune to measles following Gov. Bruce Rauner's signature on a new state law inspired by the suburban measles outbre...
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Property tax freeze still alive even as budget talks frozenAug 04, 2015 1:00 am - Lawmakers continue to keep alive the idea of holding the line on suburban property tax bills even in the absence of an agreement on a state budget. Senate Democrats Tues...
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Solving state's fiscal challenges requires coming together in moderationAug 03, 2015 11:00 pm - Solving the fiscal challenges of Illinois requires a balanced approach. That is why I pledged to work cooperatively and professionally with Gov. Bruce Rauner. I will kee...
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Palatine Republicans host annual pig roastAug 02, 2015 1:00 am - Congressman Peter Roskam and other prominent area politicians will attend the Palatine Township Republican Organization annual pig roast fundraiser on Sunday, Aug. 9. A ...
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Duckworth whistle-blowing hearing collides with campaignAug 01, 2015 1:00 am - A whistle-blower lawsuit dating back to U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth's tenure as head of the Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs is set for an initial hearing Tuesday ...
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Biden associates resume discussion about presidential runAug 01, 2015 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Vice President Joe Biden's associates have resumed discussions about a 2016 presidential run after largely shelving such deliberations during his son's illn...
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Trump platform: Because I said soAug 01, 2015 1:00 am - Donald Trump wants to make America great again. This is how he wants to do it: If Trump were elected president, he says, he would launch the U.S. government into a massi...
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About 60 donors give a third of all '16 campaign cashAug 01, 2015 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - It took Ted Cruz three months to raise $10 million for his campaign for president, a springtime sprint of $1,000-per-plate dinners, hundreds of handshakes a...
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Despite bombing, Islamic State is no weaker than a year agoJul 31, 2015 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - After billions of dollars spent and more than 10,000 extremist fighters killed, the Islamic State group is fundamentally no weaker than it was when the U.S....