Articles filed under Politics
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Syndicated columnist Jamie Stiehm: A dearth - or death - of charm in the CapitolDec 02, 2022 12:00 am - By Jamie Stiehm I wished the Oklahoma Republican senator well in retirement and reminded him of a trip we took years ago when he was a freshman senator, and I was a roo...
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Legislation would create safe spaces for using opioidsDec 01, 2022 12:00 am - A proposal in Springfield would allow state-licensed drug injection sites to open across Illinois in an effort to reduce fatal overdoses amid a nationwide opioid crisis ...
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Lawmakers advance $1.8 billion unemployment fund bailoutDec 01, 2022 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - On the final day of their fall veto session, Illinois lawmakers on Thursday advanced a pair of bills that would infuse $1.8 billion into the state's unempl...
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Daily Herald columnist Jim Slusher: Good news may not sell, but we can't do without itDec 01, 2022 12:00 am - A line in a note from a reader about my column last week focusing on good news stories has stuck with me. Fred Dryden, of Huntley, began his email with a reflection on t...
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Guest Columnist Arthur I. Cyr: A blocked Florida law and attempts to dictate expressionDec 01, 2022 12:00 am - Florida Republicans, including Gov. Ron DeSantis, have just won big in the election but also suffered a major loss in court. Citing "1984," George Orwell's classic novel...
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Syndicated columnist Debra J. Saunders: Keep the statute of limitations - for women's sakeDec 01, 2022 12:00 am - Forget the statute of limitations in New York. On Thanksgiving, the Empire State's Adult Survivors Act became law - which gives adults who were sexually assaulted outsid...
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Lake County prosecutors aim to keep murder, sex crime defendants jailed after bail ends Jan. 1Nov 30, 2022 12:00 am - The Lake County state's attorney's office has begun the process of keeping dozens of jailed defendants, including those charged with murder and sex offenses, behind bars...
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Syndicated columnist Byron York: Trump gets played in Mar-A-Lago dinnerNov 30, 2022 12:00 am - What is sure to be one of the weirder moments of the 2024 presidential campaign has just taken place before the campaign is even fully under way. Here is the short vers...
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Syndicated columnist Susan Estrich: The two parties are not the sameNov 30, 2022 12:00 am - Sixty is the magic number to beat a filibuster in the United States Senate. Sixty votes means a bill is on its way to becoming law, at least as far as the Senate is conc...
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Students, parents object to speaker at Prospect HighNov 29, 2022 12:00 am - Prospect High School billed motivational speaker and activist Calvin Terrell's appearance at an all-school assembly Tuesday as an event spreading a message of empathy, k...