Articles filed under Politics
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Noland leads new millionaires tax chargeMay 28, 2014 1:01 am - Springfield - State Sen. Mike Noland, an Elgin Democrat, has become the top Senate supporter of a plan to ask voters whether millionaires should pay more in income taxes...
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How VA clinics falsified appointment recordsMay 27, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - Fake appointments, unofficial logs kept on the sly and appointments made without telling the patient are among tricks used to disguise delays in seeing and ...
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Clinton proud of diplomatic accomplishmentsMay 27, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - Hillary Rodham Clinton writes in new excerpts from her upcoming book that she wishes she could go back and reconsider some of her past decisions but she is ...
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Withdrawal: Obama charts end to Afghan war by 2016May 27, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - Charting an end to America's longest war, President Barack Obama announced plans Tuesday for keeping nearly 10,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan after this yea...
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State Senate OKs Cook County pension cutsMay 27, 2014 1:01 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Senate Tuesday approved a plan Democrats hope could save Cook County's retirement funds from insolvency but that Republicans worry could lead ...
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New Wauconda mayor gives himself a 'C'May 26, 2014 8:00 am - Of all the new Lake County mayors elected in 2013, Wauconda's Frank Bart had the most controversial rookie year. Bart has bounced from one public battle to another durin...
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Will the tea party rally behind GOP establishment?May 26, 2014 7:11 am - WASHINGTON -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is nobody's example of a tea party Republican. Just two months ago, in an interview with the New York Ti...
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Iowa Republicans size up presidential optionsMay 26, 2014 6:00 am - WEST DES MOINES, Iowa -- Iowa's presidential caucuses long have been the first event in the nominating process, but for Republicans, they lately have been a poor indica...
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Bloomberg View: Smart guns deserve a chanceMay 24, 2014 8:55 am - Poor Ernst Mauch. The managing director of Armatix GmbH, a German firearms maker, appears to believe in "a market-driven approach to firearms safety." Unfortunately, the...
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Thai coup leaders summon academics, journalistsMay 24, 2014 1:01 am - BANGKOK - In a chilling move apparently aimed at neutralizing critics and potential opposition, Thailand's new army junta on Saturday ordered dozens of outspoken activis...