Articles filed under Politics
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Property tax presentation on Aug. 14Aug 04, 2013 11:42 am - House District 59 State Rep. Carol Sente said she is hosting a bipartisan property tax presentation on Wednesday, Aug. 14, at 6:30 p.m. The event will take place at the ...
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Iran’s new president takes oath of officeAug 04, 2013 10:37 am - TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s new president on Sunday called on the West to abandon the “language of sanctions” in dealing with his country over its contentious nuclear program,...
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Quinn to require schools insure athletesAug 04, 2013 8:00 am - Paralyzed athlete Rob Komosa fought for cause
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Editorial: Roskam, Schakowsky and Congressional travelAug 04, 2013 5:00 am - In one of the more innocuous trips Rep. Jan Schakowsky of Evanston took in the past six years, Comedy Central paid $480 to fly her to New York on June 4, 2007. What did ...
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Obama tees off into birthday weekendAug 03, 2013 1:37 pm - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama kicked off his birthday weekend with a round of golf Saturday and planned to spend time with friends at Camp David. Obama, who turns ...
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Congress: Divided, discourteous — taking a breakAug 03, 2013 6:00 am - WASHINGTON — The accomplishments are few, the chaos plentiful in the 113th Congress, a discourteous model of divided government now beginning a five-week break. “Have s...
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Senate seeks numbers from NSA on phone collectionAug 02, 2013 5:32 pm - WASHINGTON — Exactly how many phone records of Americans does the National Security Agency collect in its massive surveillance program? Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the...
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Quinn signs student social networking lawAug 02, 2013 5:06 pm - A new law signed by Gov. Pat Quinn will prohibit schools from requiring parents to give out students’ social networking account information. Quinn signed the measure on...
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Foster: Target fradulent legal advice to immigrantsAug 02, 2013 5:05 pm - U.S. Rep. Bill Foster has introduced legislation targeting “notarios” who give immigrants fraudulent legal advice that can, at times, get them deported. The Naperville D...
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Mississippi law requires cord blood from some teen momsAug 02, 2013 3:55 pm - JACKSON, Miss. — If a girl younger than 16 gives birth and won’t name the father, a new Mississippi law — likely the first of its kind in the country — says authorities ...