Articles filed under Politics
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Wauconda High School teacher says he's running for U.S. SenateJul 10, 2015 1:00 am - A Wauconda High School social studies teacher says he's running for U.S. Senate next year as an independent. Jim Brown of Lake Zurich has never run for elected office be...
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Will Rauner sign College of DuPage-inspired reform?Jul 09, 2015 1:00 am - Gov. Bruce Rauner will get the final say whether the $763,000 College of DuPage severance deal for former President Robert Breuder will lead to caps on similar deals sta...
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Kirk, Duckworth raise big money in Senate raceJul 08, 2015 1:00 am - Sen. Mark Kirk pulled ahead in the fundraising race for U.S. Senate with the Highland Park Republican's campaign saying today he'll report raising $1.35 million in the p...
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New Rauner pension plan cuts benefits for teachers, cops, firefightersJul 08, 2015 1:00 am - Gov. Bruce Rauner unveiled a new broad plan Wednesday to try to cut some retirement benefits for teachers, firefighters, police officers and Cook County employees. The l...
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State budget blame game spawns new political mailersJul 07, 2015 1:00 am - Yet another round of advertising has brought the Springfield budget impasse to suburban mailboxes as a conservative group looks to tie local Democrats to House Speaker M...
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State shutdown won't stop you from getting a driver's licenseJul 07, 2015 1:00 am - Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White's office says his employees will continue to help people with driver's licenses and provide other services as the state begins it...
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Former Blagojevich fundraiser released from prisonJul 07, 2015 1:00 am - The former top fundraiser for imprisoned former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich has been released from prison and transferred to a halfway house. Antoin "Tony" Rezko w...
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Lawmakers blame Congress for flawed braking system rolloutJul 06, 2015 1:00 am - If Congress doesn't subsidize a pricey braking system for trains and push back a Jan. 1 deadline, the government could start fining Metra $25,000 a day, lawmakers said M...
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After year of Washington legal pot sales, taxes top $70 millionJul 04, 2015 1:00 am - SEATTLE - Washington launched its second-in-the-nation legal marijuana market with just a handful of stores selling high-priced pot to long lines of customers. A year l...
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Pope bringing environmental message to South AmericaJul 04, 2015 1:00 am - AGUARAGUE NATIONAL PARK, Bolivia - In the vine-entangled forests of the Aguarague National Park, crude that seeped for decades out of abandoned wellheads saturates the s...