Articles filed under Politics
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Syndicated columnist Michael Barone: COVID only accelerated the blue state exodusJan 03, 2023 12:00 am - Where are Americans moving? And where, to make things more specific, have Americans been moving since the sudden onset of COVID lockdowns? Answers to these questions com...
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McCarthy vows to stay in speaker's race, with Trump backingJan 03, 2023 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Republican leader Kevin McCarthy said late Tuesday there's no scenario in which he'll drop his bid to become House speaker despite failing to win multiple r...
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Syndicated columnist Marc Munroe Dion: On the way into the drugstore, I ejected the stump of a cigar from my mouth and put it out with the heel of my shoe.Jan 03, 2023 12:00 am - On the way into the drugstore, I ejected the stump of a cigar from my mouth and put it out with the heel of my shoe. These days, smoking in a store is as bad as smoking ...
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Cook County government has never been more diverseJan 02, 2023 10:00 pm - November was a historic month, locally and nationally. I became the first openly-LGBTQ commissioner to be reelected. Anthony Quezada became the first openly gay Latino t...
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2024 contest comes into view with hurdles for both partiesJan 02, 2023 12:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Both political parties are opening the new year confronting critical questions about the people and policies they want to embrace as the next election sp...
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Guest Columnist Arthur I. Cyr: President Zelenskyy holds a strong handJan 02, 2023 12:00 am - President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine ended 2022 in a strong and highly visible manner. On Dec. 21, he addressed both houses of the United States Congress and receive...
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Batavia school board to vote on trying $140 million referendum againJan 02, 2023 12:00 am - The Batavia school board will decide next week whether to ask residents, again, for permission to borrow $140 million for building projects. The board has scheduled a sp...
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Higher fuel tax, minimum wage hike among new Illinois laws starting todayJan 01, 2023 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Several new laws took effect in Illinois when the calendar turned over to 2023. For most people who work a minimum-wage job, the new year will bring a pay ...
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Syndicated columnist Susan Estrich: The trouble with IsraelJan 01, 2023 12:00 am - The trouble with Israel is very simple. It's a democracy. They elect their own leaders. Not ones I'd vote for. They may sometimes feel the same way about us. So no, I do...
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Syndicated columnist Byron York: For Jan. 6 committee, time for transparency is running outJan 01, 2023 12:00 am - Republicans take control of the House of Representatives this week. When that happens, the Jan. 6 committee, with all its members selected by outgoing Speaker Nancy Pelo...