Articles filed under Politics
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Momentum builds for gay marriage vote next weekOct 31, 2013 4:34 pm - After months of energetic lobbying, both sides in the Illinois same-sex marriage debate are ready for a vote next week that supporters say would fulfill a pledge by the ...
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State property inventory lacks basics, audit showsOct 31, 2013 4:34 pm - SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois agency that keeps track of all taxpayer property has such a poor listing of it that it includes only one of the state’s nine universities and ...
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Food stamp cuts kick in as Congress debates moreOct 31, 2013 11:23 am - WASHINGTON — More than 47 million Americans who receive food stamps will see their benefits go down starting Friday, just as Congress has begun negotiations on further c...
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Raoul discusses state’s fiscal crisis at Elmhurst CollegeOct 31, 2013 10:56 am - Illinois state Sen. Kwame Raoul will discuss “Illinois’ Fiscal Crisis: Decades in the Making” on Nov. 18 as a part of Elmhurst College’s “Fixing Illinois: A Great State’...
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Promises, promises: A big one that got awayOct 31, 2013 10:44 am - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s soothing promise that Americans happy with their health insurance could simply keep it was doomed from the start, and everyone fami...
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Oberweis edging closer to U.S. Senate runOct 30, 2013 7:46 pm - State Sen. Jim Oberweis, a Sugar Grove Republican and veteran of statewide campaigns in Illinois, says he’s nearing the minimum number of petition signatures he needs to...
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Hultgren wins approval for banking billOct 30, 2013 6:00 pm - The U.S. House Wednesday approved legislation from Rep. Randy Hultgren that would allow banks to offer certain financial tools that reforms following the 2008 financial ...
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Kirk, Durbin want schools to carry epinephrine pensOct 30, 2013 5:16 pm - Under a plan from U.S. Sens. Mark Kirk and Dick Durbin of Illinois, states go toward the front of the line for certain federal grants if they require schools to carry ep...
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School board member may challenge Sandack in primaryOct 30, 2013 9:46 am - Teacher Keith Matune says is preparing for a Republican primary election challenge to state Rep. Ron Sandack of Downers Grove and could receive backing from a top conser...
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Spying tests trust between Obama, MerkelOct 30, 2013 9:10 am - WASHINGTON — When President Barack Obama visited Berlin in June, German Chancellor Angela Merkel made a point of showing him a balcony in her office overlooking train tr...