Articles filed under Politics
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Visitation for former State Rep. Rosemary Mulligan on WednesdayJan 05, 2015 12:01 am - Visitation for former State Rep. Rosemary Mulligan will be held from 4 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Oehler Funeral Home in Des Plaines. Funeral services are private. Mulligan,...
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Lincolnshire's Munger to replace TopinkaJan 05, 2015 12:01 am - In one of the first big decisions of his upcoming administration, Gov.-elect Bruce Rauner picked Lincolnshire Republican and former marketing executive Leslie Munger to ...
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Can Rauner deliver on the hype?Jan 05, 2015 12:00 am - Bruce Rauner became a Republican rock star when he unseated a Democratic governor in left-leaning Illinois, pledging to run the state in the mold of GOP darlings Scott W...
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New year may bring more small business help from WashingtonJan 04, 2015 6:28 am - NEW YORK - Small business owners may get more help from Washington in 2015. Gridlock in Washington in recent years has stalled tax bills and other legislation aimed at h...
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Several factors contribute to drop in major-city murder ratesJan 04, 2015 12:01 am - WASHINGTON - In 1990, at the height of a decade-long crime wave that swept the nation, 2,245 people were murdered in New York City. In 2014, police investigated just 328...
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Cuomo attends cop's wake two days after his dad diedJan 03, 2015 12:01 am - NEW YORK - Hundreds of police officers from across the country streamed into the wake Saturday of a slain New York City officer, and Gov. Andrew Cuomo said his late fath...
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GOP focus for Congress: Cut deficit, don't stumbleJan 03, 2015 12:01 am - WASHINGTON - In the first Republican-dominated Congress to confront President Barack Obama, GOP leaders will focus on bolstering the economy and cutting the budget - and...
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Sen. Jay Rockefeller heads into retirementJan 03, 2015 12:01 am - Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Sen. Jay Rockefeller and West Virginia were an odd mix at first - a Harvard-educated native New Yorker from one of the nation's...
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Less money, more bills loom for cash-strapped IllinoisJan 02, 2015 4:00 am - Whether the state's income tax rate would drop as scheduled Jan. 1 was one of the biggest questions in Illinois politics for the last four years. And now that it has, le...
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Dold, new Congress get started TuesdayJan 02, 2015 4:00 am - When the new class of Congressional representatives is sworn in Tuesday, the suburbs will have just one change to its lineup as Republican Bob Dold of Kenilworth takes o...