Articles filed under Politics
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Trump 2016: Summer rerun or a headache-inducing new series for GOP?Jul 11, 2015 1:00 am - It's hard to miss Donald Trump these days if you go anywhere near the cable news channels or, frankly, lots of other news outlets. He seems to be talking to every re...
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Riopell: No Illinois budget, more blame as stalemate ends second weekJul 10, 2015 5:30 am - By Mike Riopell Political Editor mriopell@dailyherald.com What you won't see as Gov. Bruce Rauner and state lawmakers head into the weekend is a finished state budget. S...
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Roskam plan to develop antibiotics to fight 'superbugs' moves in CongressJul 10, 2015 1:00 am - A plan from U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam intended to spur development for new antibiotics to fight so-called superbugs is advancing in Congress. The U.S. House approved a prop...
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Confederate flag taken down in South Carolina after 54 yearsJul 10, 2015 1:00 am - COLUMBIA, S.C. - For the first time since the civil rights movement, the Confederate flag was removed entirely from the South Carolina Statehouse, in a swift ceremony Fr...
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Zopp: Duckworth endorsement shows 'insensitivity to Chicago'Jul 10, 2015 1:00 am - Democrat Andrea Zopp says national party leaders who backed U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth in the Senate primary race next year may have a "total insensitivity to Chicago, Af...
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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...