Articles filed under Politics
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Social Security closes offices as demand soarsJun 18, 2014 1:00 am - WASHINGTON — The Social Security Administration has been closing a record number of field offices because of budget constraints even as the demand for services soars, a...
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Thursday brings Roskam's chance to move upJun 18, 2014 1:00 am - U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam's bid to become the No. 3 Republican in the House will be put to a vote Thursday as federal GOP lawmakers meet to pick their leaders. The Wheaton ...
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Panel might subpoena former anti-violence program directorJun 17, 2014 1:01 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois lawmakers will decide Monday whether to subpoena a former official in Gov. Pat Quinn's administration to answer questions about the Democrat's ant...
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Lawmakers: IRS claims more lost emails in tea party probeJun 17, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - The Internal Revenue Service has lost more emails connected to the tea party investigation, congressional investigators said Tuesday. The IRS said last Frid...
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Republicans prep big ad blitz for DoldJun 17, 2014 1:01 am - A Republican political committee has set aside $800,000 for TV ads to support Bob Dold of Kenilworth in his 10th Congressional District rematch with Democratic U.S. Rep....
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DuPage forest preserve volunteer hired as paid consultantJun 17, 2014 1:01 am - A retired Wheaton barber who has been serving as an unpaid adviser to DuPage County Forest Preserve President D. "Dewey" Pierotti now will get paid $25,000 a year for hi...
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Election officials vote on 2 ballot itemsJun 17, 2014 1:01 am - A measure calling for lawmaker term limits is all but ready for the November ballot, state elections officials decided Tuesday in Chicago. They also reluctantly agreed t...
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Editorial: It will take more than this to shake up SpringfieldJun 17, 2014 1:01 am - Illinoisans have been longing for years for an end to the "business as usual" nature of shady backroom deals orchestrated by entrenched power brokers that defines our st...
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Lawmakers: IRS lost more emails in Tea Party probeJun 17, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - Congressional investigators say the Internal Revenue Service has lost more emails connected to the Tea Party investigation. The IRS said last Friday it had ...
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Prairie chickens an election issueJun 16, 2014 1:01 am - NEWTON -- A program to boost Illinois' declining population of greater prairie chickens is becoming an election-year issue, with some turning the bird into a feathered s...