Articles filed under Politics
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Oberweis, Truax at GOP breakfast Jan. 25Jan 21, 2014 11:14 am - The Schaumburg Township Republican Organization invites the public to its monthly breakfast meeting at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 25, at Chandler’s Chophouse, 401 N. Rosel...
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9th congressional GOP hopefuls differ on many issuesJan 21, 2014 11:07 am - Voters in the Republican primary will have two very different candidates to choose from in the 9th Congressional District, as David Earl Williams III and Susanne Atanus ...
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Despite pension reform, state deficit will growJan 21, 2014 3:30 am - SPRINGFIELD — Recent pension reform legislation has been hailed as historic and groundbreaking, but the $160 billion savings plan ultimately won't make much of a dent in...
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Governor hopefuls cool to more marijuana legalizationJan 20, 2014 6:21 pm - Illinois may have a new medical marijuana law on the books, and two other states may have approved the drug’s recreational use, but the candidates for Illinois governor ...
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Sente, Nekritz to meet constituents in Wheeling on TuesdayJan 20, 2014 12:13 pm - Illinois state Reps. Carol Sente, a Democrat from Vernon Hills, and Elaine Nekritz, a Democrat from Northbrook, will meet with constituents from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, ...
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10th District ballot will look familiar to votersJan 20, 2014 4:15 am - If the rematch for Congress in the northern suburbs' 10th District sounds unusual to voters, they don't have to look far to find a similar example. Republican Bob Dold o...
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GOP candidates debate what qualities make best governorJan 19, 2014 4:30 am - With his focus on term limits and “union bosses” in Springfield, Winnetka businessman Bruce Rauner has tried to make his Republican primary campaign for governor a refer...
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Voters overwhelmingly back new Egypt constitutionJan 18, 2014 3:02 pm - CAIRO — Almost everyone who cast ballots supported Egypt’s new constitution in this week’s referendum, results announced Saturday show, but a boycott by Islamists and lo...
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District judge sent hundreds of bigoted emailsJan 17, 2014 5:25 pm - HELENA, Mont. — A federal judicial panel investigating former U.S. District Judge Richard Cebull over a racist email involving President Barack Obama found the judge sen...
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Methodist clergyman faces church trial over gay weddingJan 17, 2014 4:49 pm - NEW YORK — The United Methodist Church has formally charged another clergyman for presiding at the same-sex wedding of his son. The Rev. Thomas Ogletree will be tried Ma...