Articles filed under Politics
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Judges from Kane, Lake counties face off for appellate court seatSep 12, 2022 1:00 am - Two sitting judges - a Democrat from Lake County and a Republican from Kane County - are set to face off for an open seat on the Illinois Second District Appellate Court...
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Chief justice to retire from state Supreme CourtSep 12, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice Anne M. Burke announced Monday she will retire from the bench effective Nov. 30. She has served on the state's high co...
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Watch Krishnamoorthi, Dargis debate issues in 8th Congressional District raceSep 12, 2022 1:00 am - U.S. Rep. Raju Krishnamoorthi of Schaumburg and Republican challenger Chris Dargis of Palatine engaged in a spirited joint Zoom interview with the Daily Herald in their ...
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Columnist Lee Hamilton: Congress shows negotiation and compromise can workSep 11, 2022 1:00 am - There are two especially striking aspects to the "Inflation Reduction Act," the sprawling climate-change/tax-reform/health-care legislation that just passed Congress and...
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Syndicated columnist Marc Munroe Dion: Old and quiet and staying that waySep 11, 2022 1:00 am - Thirty years ago, I interviewed a former factory owner who was pushing 80. I was working for a midsize daily newspaper and the story was that, every few years, he'd give...
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Guest columnist Ralph Martire: Much good will come from Inflation Reduction ActSep 09, 2022 1:00 am - The Inflation Reduction Act, which just passed Congress, is 700 hundred pages long, complex, and covers everything from climate change and health care, to corporate tax ...
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Syndicated columnist Debra J. Saunders: GOP squandering its chances on Big LieSep 09, 2022 1:00 am - Former President Donald Trump is not on the ballot as a Senate candidate this year. And yet Wednesday, Trump's mug was all over the website for the National Republican S...
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Syndicated columnist Jamie Stiehm: Our towns: Jan. 6 justice done -- and alive againSep 08, 2022 1:00 am - Justice came face-to-face with Thomas Webster, 56, a veteran New York cop who beat a D.C. cop with a Marine flagpole at the Jan. 6, 2021, riot. I witnessed the courtroom...
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Syndicated columnist Susan Estrich: Government should step in when parents need helpSep 08, 2022 1:00 am - Her grandmother was the one who suspected. Too long in the bathroom with the phone. She even missed making cupcakes with her sister and me. Something was wrong. Very, ve...
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Ahead of amendment vote, union membership grows in IllinoisSep 08, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - As voters in Illinois prepare to decide on a state constitutional amendment that would guarantee workers the right to organize, a new study shows union mem...