Articles filed under Politics
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Schools plead different sides of proposed state funding shakeupNov 18, 2014 12:01 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois lawmakers Tuesday faced a parade of school officials, some begging the state to make them winners and the others fearing they'd soon be made loser...
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Editorial: A watchword for the legislative veto session: waitNov 17, 2014 10:00 pm - As Illinois lawmakers prepare to convene the so-called 2014 fall veto session, we have a suggestion that's unusual for us on what they should do. Almost nothing. Or, sta...
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Professor sues U of I over info requestNov 17, 2014 12:01 am - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - A professor whose job offer from the University of Illinois was rescinded after he sent anti-Israel Twitter messages has filed a lawsuit claiming the s...
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Editorial: For leaders who are listening, two examples of what not to doNov 16, 2014 4:01 am - If there were a theme to the popular rhetoric regarding politics over the past few years, and certainly during the most-recent election campaign, it would likely be summ...
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Crane remembered as conservative pioneerNov 15, 2014 10:00 pm - So what made a self-professed union guy and knee-jerk Democrat from Chicago's Southwest Side convert to Republican politics? For Ed Murnane, now of Arlington Heights, i...
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GOP shapes plan to fight Obama over immigrationNov 15, 2014 5:01 am - GOP shapes plan to fight Obama over unilateral, executive decisions
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The SoapboxNov 15, 2014 4:01 am - Some opinions require lots of words and elaboration. Some don't. This is Saturday Soapbox, briefly stated commentary from the Daily Herald's editors. Just aski...
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GOP senators eyeing 2016 get boost from majority ruleNov 15, 2014 12:01 am - WASHINGTON - Now that their party has seized the Senate and faces the pressure of governing, an ambitious group of first-term Republicans may try to use that new majorit...
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Reagan, Bush also acted alone to shield immigrantsNov 15, 2014 12:01 am - WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's anticipated order that would shield millions of immigrants now living illegally in the U.S. from deportation is not without precede...
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White Democrats almost extinct in Alabama LegislatureNov 15, 2014 12:01 am - MONTGOMERY, Ala. - State Sen. Billy Beasley says it was the highest of compliments when a friend recently called him a "true Democrat." The 74-year-old pharmacist also m...