Articles filed under Politics
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Divisions apparent on Democrat DayAug 14, 2013 3:29 pm - SPRINGFIELD — There was no booing this year, but the divisions and intraparty squabbles among Illinois Democrats were on full display Wednesday in Springfield as they ri...
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State panel to focus on 'environmental justice'Aug 14, 2013 3:00 pm - It wasn't difficult to find the biggest polluters in Jerry Mead-Lucero's Chicago neighborhood, including a coal-fired power plant that coated cars and houses with grit a...
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30 months prison for former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.Aug 14, 2013 10:00 am - WASHINGTON — Former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. was sentenced to two and a half years in prison Wednesday after pleading guilty to scheming to spend $750,000 in campaign fund...
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Editorial: Already, concealed carry law needs refinementsAug 14, 2013 5:00 am - Illinois had 49 other states to learn from when it was told it had to craft a concealed carry law last December. And it had 180 days to figure it out. Unfortunately, the...
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Kane County Board debates spending riverboat money on social media hiresAug 14, 2013 3:00 am - A debate about spending more riverboat gambling money than Kane County takes in turned into another county board argument Tuesday on board Chairman Chris Lauzen's most r...
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Jackson Jr.’s hope for leniency rests with judgeAug 13, 2013 6:10 pm - If Jesse Jackson Jr.’s federal sentencing judge accepts that his performance as a congressman outweighs his crime, she could give him probation for misusing $750,000 in ...
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Quinn vetoes fewer free days at museums, aquariumsAug 13, 2013 6:10 pm - Gov. Pat Quinn has vetoed legislation that would have cut the number of free days in half that museums and aquariums are required to offer every year. Quinn vetoed the b...
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Tracing the fall of Jesse Jackson Jr.Aug 13, 2013 3:29 pm - The genesis of Jesse Jackson Jr.’s decline dates to when he chose to forgo divinity studies and enter the world of politics instead, or so says the ex-congressman’s sist...
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Quinn appointee to CTA board withdraws from postAug 13, 2013 3:29 pm - An influential Cook County Democrat whose appointment to the Chicago Transit Authority board sparked controversy for Gov. Pat Quinn is withdrawing from the post. In a le...
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Arlington Heights resident wants term limits on 2014 ballotAug 13, 2013 3:28 pm - An Arlington Heights resident who has battled with the village before isn’t giving up his quest to get a referendum on term limits for elected officials on the ballot. B...