Articles filed under Politics
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Voters mad about NSA spying face uphill battleAug 13, 2013 9:14 am - WASHINGTON — Charlotte Scot isn’t one to take things lying down — like the time President George W. Bush was re-elected and she moved to Canada in protest. So when the 6...
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Hillary Clinton calls for election reformAug 13, 2013 8:59 am - SAN FRANCISCO — Potential 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton kicked off a series of speeches on Monday with a call to combat what she called an “assault on voti...
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Ex-congressman makes his prison choice knownAug 12, 2013 9:09 pm - Former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. has said where he wants to serve time for illegally spending $750,000 in campaign funds. Jackson is scheduled to be sentenced Wedne...
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Dead-beat parents would lose gambling winningsAug 12, 2013 5:00 pm - Gov. Pat Quinn Monday signed legislation that would take gambling winnings away from deadbeat parents who are behind on their child support. The legislation from state R...
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Kirk to visit Illinois State FairAug 12, 2013 4:32 pm - SPRINGFIELD — U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk formally steps back into the political arena this week with a trip to the Illinois State Fair, his first visit to central Illinois and ...
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Proft to headline Schaumburg Republican eventAug 12, 2013 4:05 pm - WLS-AM radio host and political commentator Dan Proft will be the special guest speaker later this month at the Schaumburg Township Republican Organization’s monthly bre...
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Most N.Y. voters embarrassed by Weiner, SpitzerAug 12, 2013 8:54 am - ALBANY, N.Y. — Most New Yorkers watching Anthony Weiner and Eliot Spitzer in political races dominated by sex scandals want to forget about them, according to a poll rel...
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Sex ed law may mean little change for most schoolsAug 12, 2013 5:15 am - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Illinois schools that teach sex education will be required to provide information about birth control and sexually transmitted diseases — not just abst...
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Coffee with Rep. YinglingAug 11, 2013 9:39 am - House District 62 State Rep. Sam Yingling, D-Grayslake, hosts a morning coffee with constituents Friday, Aug. 16 in Wauconda. Yingling will ask constituents for their th...
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Lawmakers say obstacles limit oversight of NSA surveillanceAug 10, 2013 9:04 pm - WASHINGTON — The Obama administration points to checks and balances from Congress as a key rationale for supporting bulk collection of Americans’ telephone communication...