Articles filed under Politics
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Batavia voters will determine fates of clerk, treasurer positionsJan 18, 2023 12:00 am - Batavia voters will decide if the city clerk should be appointed instead of elected and if the city treasurer job should be abolished. The Batavia City Council this week...
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Illinois State Rifle Association files federal suit over ban on high-powered gunsJan 18, 2023 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois State Rifle Association has joined forces with other gun rights advocates in filing a federal lawsuit challenging the state's new ban on the s...
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Des Plaines 2nd Ward candidate removed from April 4 ballotJan 18, 2023 12:00 am - A Des Plaines aldermanic candidate has been removed from the April 4 ballot because his petition didn't have enough legal signatures, officials said. Christopher Jensen'...
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Gun shop owner files federal lawsuit over state's weapons banJan 18, 2023 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Legal challenges to Illinois' semi-automatic weapons ban began Wednesday with a federal complaint that the 8-day-old law prohibits "commonly possessed" and...
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Guest Columnist Arthur I. Cyr: Taiwan-United States ties remain strong, vitalJan 18, 2023 12:00 am - United States government officials specializing in trade began important, in-depth negotiations with counterparts from Taiwan on January 14 in Taipei, the capital of the...
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Guest columnist Keith Peterson: There are ways to end the debt ceiling brinksmanshipJan 18, 2023 12:00 am - According to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, the U.S. will hit its debt limit this week. Yellon can take what are known as "extraordinary measures" to keep the U.S. sol...
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The U.S. Constitution: Amendments XI to XXVII and what they meanJan 17, 2023 5:00 am - This is the final in a series of essays about the U.S. Constitution. A previous essay covered the Bill of Rights - the first 10 Amendments to our Constitution. This ess...
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Retract or resign: County board members assail DuPage sheriff over weapons ban remarksJan 17, 2023 12:00 am - Some DuPage County residents and several county board members are calling on Sheriff James Mendrick to either retract his statement about not enforcing provisions of the...
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At Davos, Ukraine 1st lady urges leaders to 'use influence'Jan 17, 2023 12:00 am - DAVOS, Switzerland - Ukraine's first lady warned world leaders and corporate executives at the World Economic Forum's annual gathering in the Swiss town of Davos that no...
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First legal challenges to high-powered gun ban filedJan 17, 2023 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A trio of gun owners and a firearms retailer in southeastern Illinois have filed the first two lawsuits in what's expected to be a flurry of litigation aga...