Articles filed under Politics
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Quinn signs Medicaid expansion into lawJul 22, 2013 4:59 pm - Illinois became the latest state Monday to implement a central part of President Barack Obama’s health care law by expanding Medicaid to cover low-income adults who don’...
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Octogenarian Sleepy Hollow poet relishes book cover flapJul 20, 2013 11:00 pm - Celebrating the publication of her first book of poetry, 80-year-old Sleepy Hollow author Norma Hass relishes the controversy she creates by using a racy image on the co...
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Quinn will sign boating safety bill inspired by child's deathJul 20, 2013 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Almost exactly a year after the boating death of Libertyville 10-year-old Tony Borcia, Gov. Pat Quinn plans to sign legislation Sunday that would take away...
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George P. Bush starts small amid high expectationsJul 20, 2013 1:58 pm - FRISCO, Texas — On a recent evening, George P. Bush was telling a packed room of wealthy North Texans how he got his start in politics. It was May 1979 and the then 3-ye...
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Wives of Spitzer, Weiner scrutinized in NYC racesJul 20, 2013 1:55 pm - NEW YORK — Two New York City political wives, forever linked by their husbands’ humiliating scandals, are taking very different roles in their spouses’ improbable politi...
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Japan gets Internet campaign, but not savvy candidatesJul 20, 2013 7:41 am - TOKYO — Taro Yamamoto, Japanese movie star turned political candidate, is live-streaming his campaign speeches and urging crowds to tweet his photo. The tech-savvy appro...
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State Rep. JoAnn Osmond won't seek re-election in 2014Jul 19, 2013 1:00 pm - Veteran Antioch Republican JoAnn Osmond won't seek re-election to the state House in 2014, she confirmed Friday. “It's time for me to move on,” Osmond, 67, told the Dail...
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Syrian refugees urge Kerry, U.S. to take actionJul 18, 2013 9:11 am - ZAATARI, Jordan — Angry Syrian refugees urged U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday to do more to help opponents of President Bashar Assad’s government, venting...
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Cross won’t run for attorney generalJul 17, 2013 7:18 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Illinois House Republican Leader Tom Cross of Oswego won’t run for attorney general, saying Democrat Lisa Madigan’s re-election plans have changed the “dyn...
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Elk Grove Village’s bond rating dropsJul 17, 2013 2:17 pm - Moody’s Investment Services has downgraded Elk Grove Village’s bond rating from the highest AAA rating, which the village has enjoyed for three years, to the second-high...