Articles filed under Politics
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Dead ahead: A pothole in highway construction aid?Jul 02, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - As the summer driving season swings into full gear, states can expect a large pothole in their construction budgets if Congress doesn't reach an agreement q...
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New VA secretary nominee not a health care expertJul 02, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - A onetime Army Ranger and former CEO of a Fortune 500 consumer products company, Robert McDonald may face his toughest challenge yet in fixing the huge, sca...
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Politics brings Romney back to New HampshireJul 02, 2014 1:01 am - BOSTON - He insists he's not running for president a third time, but Mitt Romney is campaigning again in New Hampshire. The former Republican presidential nominee is set...
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Email prompts Quinn to withhold $20 million in funding for CODJul 02, 2014 1:00 am - The College of DuPage won't receive a $20 million state construction grant now that Gov. Pat Quinn has seen an email detailing President Robert Breuder's strategy to sec...
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Oberweis wants to square off with Durbin seven timesJul 01, 2014 1:01 am - Political Editor mriopell@dailyherald.com Republican state Sen. Jim Oberweis wants Democratic U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin to agree to seven debates in their race for U.S. Sena...
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Suburbs see steep lottery sales growthJun 30, 2014 4:00 am - Every weekday on his way home from work, Maurice Shoots stops at the Car Spa Shell gas station and convenience store on Peterson Road in Libertyville to try his luck at ...
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Illinois pushes ahead with Medicaid managed careJun 30, 2014 1:01 am - Facing a Jan. 1 deadline, the state's top Medicaid official announced a timetable Monday for moving hundreds of thousands of low-income patients into managed care health...
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Motion filed to protect Indiana's 1st gay marriageJun 30, 2014 1:01 am - INDIANAPOLIS - A national gay rights group filed an emergency request Monday to protect the first same-sex marriage recognized in Indiana now that a federal appeals cour...
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Quinn makes minor cuts to $35.7 billion budgetJun 30, 2014 1:01 am - Gov. Pat Quinn on Monday largely approved a 2015 state budget he has criticized as "incomplete" for not extending a temporary income tax increase, setting off another ba...
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Chicago congresswoman issues gun violence reportJun 30, 2014 1:01 am - U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly of Chicago is recommending tougher federal laws to combat gun violence. On Monday, the Democrat released her 2014 Kelly Report on Gun Violence in A...