Articles filed under Politics
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State lawmakers approve follow-up measure on criminal justice reformJan 06, 2022 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois House this week passed a bill clarifying issues around the massive criminal justice reform bill that passed with the support of the Illinois L...
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Searching for truth in the vocabulary of democracyJan 06, 2022 12:00 am - By Jim Slusher Long before lyricist Don Raye put words to the music of Al Jacobs in 1940 to create the anthem "This Is My Country," we already were arguing over what Ame...
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Images: The Capitol Riot, Jan. 6, 2021Jan 06, 2022 12:00 am - See images from the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot on the one year anniversary. ...
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Zorn: Capitol attack gave January 6 an indelible new reputationJan 05, 2022 10:00 pm - Today, Thursday, Jan. 6, is the Christian holiday of Epiphany. It commemorates when the Magi - the wise men of scripture - met with the infant Jesus, and coincides with ...
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Editorial: Jan. 6 and the miracle of AmericaJan 05, 2022 5:00 pm - When they stormed the Capitol, some in the mob hurled American flags as spears at the overwhelmed police trying to guard its doors. American flags as weapons of insurrec...
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State legislature approves remap of judicial subcircuitsJan 05, 2022 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois lawmakers on Wednesday passed a bill to redraw judicial subcircuit maps in Cook County and some of the surrounding collar counties while creating ...
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A call to fight rising authoritarianism, in 2022 and beyondJan 05, 2022 12:00 am - At the beginning of a new year, it's traditional to make a resolution or two. I have no such list for myself or others, but I do have a wish. For 2022 and beyond, I wish...
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'I'm not Trump': We could have gotten more from Joe BidenJan 05, 2022 12:00 am - The only way to write about national politics is to write about local politics first. You won't see anything on the national stage you haven't already seen in some town ...
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Editorial: Apparently, it's up to the legislature to clarify roles in township governmentJan 05, 2022 12:00 am - Regardless of what you think about the value of township governments or the need for consolidation of government units in Illinois, recent stories out of McHenry County ...
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Plague-year immigrants headed to Trump countryJan 04, 2022 12:00 am - I want to add a few notes to my column last week on the Census Bureau's July 2021 state population estimates and what stories they tell about growth and decline in the f...