Articles filed under Politics
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More of Obama's inflated claimsAug 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Sen. Barack Obama lashed out at Republicans who laughed at his claim that the country could reduce its oil consumption by 3 percent to 4 percent if drivers would make su...
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Murphy exploits county sales taxAug 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Gov. Blagojevich is starting to rub off on my State Sen. Matt Murphy. He thinks that legislating via press conference and press releases is going to actually repeal the...
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Barrington library expansion costs to be toldAug 12, 2008 11:00 pm - By the end of the month, taxpayers in Barrington Area Library District will know how much a proposed library expansion could cost them. At a special meeting planned for ...
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West Dundee mulls transfer taxAug 12, 2008 11:00 pm - In an effort to erase part of a six-figure budget deficit this fiscal year, the West Dundee village board is considering a tax on residential and commercial property pur...
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The vote against gender pay equityAug 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Last week, a large group of 10th District men and women delivered a letter to Rep. Mark Kirk's district office expressing our dismay with his recent vote against pay equ...
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Our troops, not pols, are the heroesAug 11, 2008 11:00 pm - We have gone through almost six years of war in the Middle East. We have lost 4,424 of our men and women who have given their lives for democracy, or should we say oil....
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Obama will lose U.S. sovereigntyAug 11, 2008 11:00 pm - Sen. Barack Obama may be the most dangerous man in the world. He and his Socialist cohorts in the U.S. Senate have co-sponsored the Global Poverty Act (S. 2433) which i...
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Ron Paul's wife in serious condition at hospitalAug 11, 2008 11:00 pm - HOUSTON _ The wife of Republican Rep. Ron Paul was in serious but stable condition Monday at a Houston hospital, a spokesman for the congressman said. Carol Paul was in...
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Let's blame Obama for everythingAug 11, 2008 11:00 pm - Sen. McCain's charge that Barack Obama is responsible for the higher gas prices we are seeing was right on. But he failed to mention the other problems Obama is respons...
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Bigger payday delayed? Lawmakers salary bump might not happen ... yetAug 11, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - As lawmakers ponder giving themselves pay raises, the state official who writes the checks said he won't increase them unless legislators also come up with...