Articles filed under Politics
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Mystery of Texas grave next to Oswald’s solvedAug 10, 2013 2:23 pm - NEW YORK — For years, curiosity seekers visiting the Fort Worth, Texas, grave of Lee Harvey Oswald have wondered about the simple headstone next door, marked Nick Beef. ...
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Obama: 'Appropriate reforms' for spy program in worksAug 09, 2013 6:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Responding to critics, President Barack Obama promised on Friday to work with Congress on “appropriate reforms” for the domestic surveillance programs that ...
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Quinn says no Democrat rally, speeches at state fairAug 09, 2013 5:57 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Gov. Pat Quinn says Democrats will skip the traditional rally and speeches at this year’s Illinois State Fair. The Chicago Democrat says Wednesday’s Govern...
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Property tax presentation MondayAug 09, 2013 5:24 pm - District 59 state Rep. Carol Sente said she is hosting a bipartisan property tax presentation for Fremont Township residents on Monday, Aug. 19, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. T...
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Lawmakers seek to speed up lawsuit over withheld payAug 09, 2013 10:45 am - Illinois Senate President John Cullerton and House Speaker Michael Madigan are trying to speed up the resolution of a lawsuit they filed over Gov. Pat Quinn’s decision t...
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Harris troubled by Quinn salary vetoAug 09, 2013 5:30 am - State Rep. David Harris says he knows it's not necessarily popular for an elected official to talk about his paycheck. But the Arlington Heights Republican called the ot...
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Conservative conference draws lawmakers, pickets in ChicagoAug 08, 2013 6:32 pm - More than a thousand conservative lawmakers and business executives are gathering this week in Chicago for conference that could shape a new wave of Republican legislati...
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Lake County lawmakers trying to repeal election commissionAug 08, 2013 11:00 am - Republican state lawmakers that represent Lake County will try to repeal the controversial law that creates a new election authority there. State Rep. David McSweeney of...
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Volunteers work with Nicasa clients in North ChicagoAug 07, 2013 12:09 pm - Shovels, wheelbarrows, saws, and hammers are the tools to build brighter futures for families in Lake County — at least they were at Nicasa’s Judy H. Fried Center Saturd...
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Write-in, sheriff move on in Detroit mayor primaryAug 07, 2013 9:36 am - DETROIT — Mike Duggan accomplished something in Detroit’s mayoral primary that may never have been done before: He won as a write-in. By early Wednesday morning, with mo...