Articles filed under Politics
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Suburban lawmaker: Guard members should be armed at military facilitiesJul 23, 2015 1:00 am - A suburban Republican state lawmaker wants to make sure members of the Illinois National Guard can be armed on duty following the shootings last week in Chattanooga, Ten...
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Roskam to address Palatine Township Republicans Aug. 1Jul 23, 2015 1:00 am - U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam will speak next week at the first meeting of the Palatine Township Republican Organization held at their new headquarters, 765 North Quentin Road ...
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Chicago red-light camera case could affect the suburbsJul 22, 2015 1:00 am - Attorneys have renewed their fight against Chicago's red-light camera program in a case that also could decide the future of the cameras in the suburbs. The pitch to the...
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Is Blagojevich leaving prison? 6 things to know about appellate rulingJul 21, 2015 1:00 am - Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich got rare news from a federal appeals court when an opinion vacated five of the 18 corruption counts against him. It was a complicated case. H...
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Rauner: Madigan wants state to feel shutdown before actingJul 21, 2015 1:00 am - Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner said Tuesday he thinks Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan wants people to feel the pain of the partial government shutdown to create p...
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Poll: Americans divided over same-sex marriageJul 19, 2015 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - People in the United States are evenly divided over the Supreme Court case that made same-sex marriage legal nationwide, according to an Associated Press-Gf...
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Demonstrators disrupt presidential forum, take over stageJul 18, 2015 1:00 am - PHOENIX - Demonstrators protesting cases of police brutality and the treatment of black Americans by law enforcement disrupted a presidential forum on Saturday as Democr...
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Trump says McCain shouldn't be considered a war heroJul 18, 2015 1:00 am - AMES, Iowa - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump criticized Arizona Sen. John McCain's military record Saturday, saying he was a "war hero because he was capt...
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Sleuths trace fate of 1st black male slave freed by LincolnJul 18, 2015 1:00 am - MINNEAPOLIS - Researchers believe they found the grave of a man who could be considered the first black male slave freed by Abraham Lincoln, tracking his final resting p...
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Munger: Budget pinch will hit non-profits 'very quickly'Jul 17, 2015 1:00 am - Suburban nonprofit organizations like the Ray Graham Association are likely to feel the pain of the state's budget impasse very soon, Illinois Comptroller Leslie Munger ...