Articles filed under Politics
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Obama says a vote for Clinton is 'a step back'Jan 30, 2008 10:00 pm - DENVER -- Democratic Sen. Barack Obama said Wednesday a Hillary Rodham Clinton presidency would be a step back to the past, turning her husband's image of a bridge to th...
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Are early voters excited about the home team?Jan 30, 2008 10:00 pm - Feel free to apply your own interpretation and decide whether it's a harbinger, an aberration or something else altogether. But here's the situation: As Illinois' early...
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Jail, spending now key issues in Kane County board raceJan 30, 2008 10:00 pm - Kane County Board District 14 member Mark Davoust is being challenged by one of the organizers of a group that protested the location of the new Kane County jail. Tina Y...
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Estate tax should not be repealedJan 30, 2008 10:00 pm - Self-described moderate Democrats like U.S. Rep. Melissa Bean who believe that repeal of the estate tax will serve their constituents, are badly mistaken. Repealing the...
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Vote in support of new Hubble schoolJan 30, 2008 10:00 pm - We are writing to urge Community Unit School District 200 voters to support a new Hubble Middle School on the Tuesday ballot. We have lived in the district for 35 years ...
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Say no to Big Hollow referendumJan 30, 2008 10:00 pm - Recent newspaper articles plus the pamphlet distributed by the Citizens' Referendum Committee compel me to respond. The pamphlet in favor of the tax referendum states, ...
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Edwards exits where he startedJan 30, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- John Edwards bowed out of his second presidential bid saying he hoped the "two Americas" he speaks of so often, one for the haves and the other for the hav...
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Hopefuls address water, transportation concernsJan 30, 2008 10:00 pm - Four Republicans are vying in the Tuesday primary for two spots representing District 3 on the McHenry County Board. Incumbents Nick Provenzano and Mary Donner face chal...
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We need to have someone we trustJan 30, 2008 10:00 pm - Dan Seals is trying to get a job as our Congressman by misrepresenting his resume. He says on his Web site that he is a business consultant and an adjunct professor at N...
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Yagla challenges Davoust on voting recordJan 30, 2008 10:00 pm - Two candidates are vying for the Republican nomination for Kane County Board District 14 in the Tuesday primary -- business executive incumbent Mark J. Davoust, 48, of S...