Articles filed under Politics
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Bribery trial delayed for Chicago DemocratJan 16, 2014 2:50 pm - A Chicago federal judge has delayed the bribery trial of state Rep. Derrick Smith after prosecutors said they needed time to locate phone records. The matter arose at a...
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Legislation would create animal abuser directoryJan 16, 2014 2:48 pm - SPRINGFIELD — An Illinois lawmaker has introduced legislation that’d create a list of people who’ve been convicted of animal cruelty charges. The Springfield bureau of L...
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Senate easily passes $1.1 trillion spending billJan 16, 2014 7:54 am - WASHINGTON — Congress sent President Barack Obama a $1.1 trillion government-wide spending bill Thursday, easing the harshest effects of last year’s automatic budget cut...
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Christie administration to conduct reviewJan 16, 2014 7:54 am - TRENTON, N.J. — Gov. Chris Christie’s administration has hired a law firm to assist with an internal review in the wake of an apparent political payback scandal. The fir...
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GOP governor candidates forum: watch live at 8 a.m.Jan 16, 2014 4:40 am - The four Republican candidates for governor will talk business issues in Mount Prospect this morning, in the first forum of the 2014 campaign where all will be in the sa...
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Rauner targeted by his opponents at Republican candidates' forumJan 15, 2014 4:00 pm - Winnetka businessman Bruce Rauner called a Daily Herald and ABC 7 candidate forum a “beat up Brucey” day after his three primary election opponents tried to question whe...
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Demand for concealed carry keeps growing in suburbsJan 15, 2014 3:03 pm - Editor’s note: The projected number of applicants this year was corrected from the original story. By Marty Hobe mhobe@dailyherald.com Nearly 10,000 people in the Chicag...
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Local lawmakers back budget plan, tout local gainsJan 15, 2014 3:00 pm - Suburban federal lawmakers of both parties unanimously backed the budget plan approved by Congress Wednesday, praising what they called an imperfect compromise. “This de...
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House Republicans: No support for graduated taxJan 15, 2014 12:03 pm - A group of suburban Republican state lawmakers said Wednesday that no House GOP members will vote for a graduated income tax, a system that taxes people based on how muc...
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Editorial: Watch how gun law works before making changesJan 15, 2014 8:23 am - Is Illinois’ newly implemented concealed carry law too loose or too restrictive? Right now, your answer would most likely depend on which side you fall on the question o...