Articles filed under Politics
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Syndicated columnist Susan Estrich: Can Democrats own the crime issue?Sep 27, 2022 1:00 am - It is a once in a generation opportunity. The Republicans, who have owned the crime issue in national politics since 1968, are losing it, turning themselves into pretzel...
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Amendment would guarantee right to collective bargainingSep 27, 2022 1:00 am - It's pretty hard to get 71% of Americans to agree on anything. Yet that's the historically high share of Americans who support labor unions, according to the most recent...
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Guest columnists Anthony Enriquez and Alexander Rougeau: DeSantis could unwittingly have paved way for interstate collaboration on asylum seekersSep 25, 2022 1:00 am - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis's latest piece of political theater has unwittingly created a path for leaders to work together on a humane response to the arrival of asylum-s...
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Syndicated columnist Marc Munroe Dion: Lawn order: Laziness let's it be anything I want it to beSep 25, 2022 1:00 am - I think I may have mowed my lawn for the last time this year. It was hot and very dry this summer, so I didn't have to mow it too many times, and now fall is closing in ...
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State Sen. Emil Jones III pleads not guilty in bribery caseSep 23, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - State Sen. Emil Jones III pleaded not guilty in federal court Friday to three felony counts stemming from an alleged bribery scheme involving a red-light c...
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Illinois House District 53 endorsement interviewSep 23, 2022 1:00 am - See incumbent Democrat Mark Walker and Republican challenger Jack Vrett of the 53rd House District discuss the issues with a member of the Daily Herald editorial board. ...
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Syndicated columnist Michael Barone: On Ukraine and on welfare, morale trumps materielSep 23, 2022 1:00 am - Morale matters more than materiel. Again and again, experts' predictions, based on readily quantifiable data and logical extrapolations, have proved disastrously wrong. ...
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Illinois House District 54 endorsement interviewSep 23, 2022 1:00 am - See Democrat Mary Beth Canty and Republican Michele Hunter of the 54th Illinois House District discuss the issues with the Daily Herald editorial board. ...
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Syndicated columnist Debra J. Saunders: Biden Department of Justice? HardlySep 23, 2022 1:00 am - President Joe Biden's Department of Justice is going after conservatives in a way eerily reminiscent of the tactics employed when the state of Alabama went after the NAA...
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Pritzker calls for state Sen. Emil Jones III to resign amid federal bribery chargesSep 22, 2022 1:00 am - A day after state Sen. Emil Jones III announced his resignation from leadership and committee chair positions amid federal bribery charges, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Thurs...