Articles filed under Politics
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Three speakers at Arlington Tea Party TuesdayJul 05, 2013 2:13 pm - The next regular meeting of the Arlington Heights Tea Party will host three speakers from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, July 9, in the Hendricksen Room of the Arlington Heights M...
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70 mph limit in suburbs could be up to countiesJul 05, 2013 5:00 am - If Gov. Pat Quinn eventually OKs a plan to raise the tollway and interstate speed limit to 70 mph, the final decision on how fast suburban drivers can go could end up in...
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GOP fault lines emerging on social issuesJul 04, 2013 1:08 am - Pivotal developments on two cultural issues — immigration reform and gay marriage — offer an early preview of potential fault lines among Republicans weighing White Hous...
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Grafton Township no longer embroiled in lawsuitsJul 03, 2013 5:41 pm - Grafton Township can finally celebrate its freedom from a litany of lawsuits. The Second District Appellate Court this week dismissed the last of the three lawsuits tha...
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Veteran Chicago alderman retiringJul 03, 2013 4:02 pm - Influential Chicago Alderman Dick Mell is retiring after nearly 40 years. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Wednesday that he has accepted the 74-year-old Mell’s resignati...
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Pension panel to study university proposalJul 03, 2013 4:02 pm - The leaders of a legislative committee trying to forge a compromise on Illinois’ $97 billion pension crisis said Wednesday a plan proposed by colleges and universities p...
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Lawmakers set hearing over Metra severanceJul 03, 2013 2:08 pm - The day after Regional Transit Authority officials plan to question Metra Chairman Brad O’Halloran about a $442,000 severance package for the former Metra CEO, state law...
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Quinn at Stevenson High to sign law expanding voting rights to more teensJul 03, 2013 12:19 pm - Seventeen-year-olds who turn 18 before the November 2014 general election will be able to vote in the March primary, under an Illinois law enacted Wednesday. Gov. Pat Qu...
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CBO: Senate bill reduces illegal immigration moreJul 03, 2013 10:41 am - WASHINGTON — The Congressional Budget Office says an immigration bill passed by the Senate would cut illegal immigration by one-third to one-half beyond what would happe...
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Obama leery of intervention in MideastJul 03, 2013 8:37 am - WASHINGTON — From Egypt to Syria to Iraq and beyond, the Obama administration is determined to show it will only go so far to help save nations in chaos from themselves....