Articles filed under Politics
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Poll: Americans find little to like in WashingtonOct 11, 2013 8:37 am - WASHINGTON — Americans are finding little they like about President Barack Obama or either political party, according to a new poll that suggests the possibility of a “t...
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House GOP offers debt limit hike, end to shutdownOct 11, 2013 6:00 am - House Republicans are offering to pass legislation to avert a default and end the 11-day partial government shutdown as part of a framework that would include cuts in be...
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Why was Illinois Capitol on 'SNL'? And more politicsOct 11, 2013 5:30 am - The new Illinois House Republican leadership team brings a few new suburban lawmakers onto the squad and leaves another out. State Rep. Jim Durkin of Western Springs, th...
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Obama signs bill to pay military death benefitsOct 11, 2013 4:51 am - WASHINGTON — Families of fallen troops will be assured of receiving death benefits under legislation President Barack Obama signed Thursday amid a national firestorm aft...
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Debt talks but no resolution, yetOct 10, 2013 9:51 pm - WASHINGTON — The nation’s economy on the line, President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans groped inconclusively Thursday for a compromise to avert an unprecede...
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65th state House candidate says he would bring reason, logicOct 10, 2013 6:00 pm - Genevan Steven Andersson said Thursday that as a lawyer, library trustee and small-business owner, he's developed skills that could help lead the state out of its financ...
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Wisconsin governor proposes $100 million property tax cutOct 10, 2013 4:06 pm - MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Scott Walker wants the legislature to pass a $100 million property tax cut next week, a move that would lower taxes on the bill that gets sent to ho...
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Ex-Detroit mayor gets 28 years in prisonOct 10, 2013 3:40 pm - DETROIT — Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was sentenced Thursday to 28 years in prison for corruption, after a series of scandals destroyed his political career an...
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Coffee with Carol Sente on Oct. 12Oct 10, 2013 11:29 am - House District 59 residents can discuss critical issues facing the district and the state with State Rep. Carol Sente on Saturday, Oct. 12. Sente’s Coffee Shop Stop will...
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States joining forces to scrub voter rollsOct 10, 2013 10:56 am - SEATTLE — More than half of states are now working in broad alliances to scrub voter rolls of millions of problematic registrations, identifying people registered in mul...