Articles filed under Politics
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Returning to normalcy on school masksFeb 08, 2022 12:00 am - Are we returning to normalcy? The word "normalcy," as history buffs know, was used (but not invented) by our only journalist president, Warren G. Harding, to sum up his ...
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The making of a readerFeb 06, 2022 12:00 am - There's a voracious reader in all of us, I thought, but my youngest daughter was determined to prove me wrong. I took her to the eye doctor for one reason: so he could t...
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Biden drags Democrats downFeb 06, 2022 12:00 am - Most of us see President Joe Biden's falling job approval rating as a measure of his declining popularity. But for every candidate, Democrat or Republican, running for t...
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Nursing home group at odds with Pritzker over payment reformFeb 04, 2022 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — A political battle is shaping up between Gov. J.B. Pritzker's administration and one segment of the nursing home industry over a key element of the governo...
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Why couldn't he just pick a Black woman?Feb 04, 2022 12:00 am - Why couldn't President Joe Biden have announced that he was going to pick the most qualified person to fill Stephen Breyer's seat on the Supreme Court - and then come ba...
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Three women lighting the supreme darknessFeb 03, 2022 12:00 am - The new liberal wing of the Supreme Court, if all goes according to White House plan, will be just three women justices defending the Democratic fort of democracy. Three...
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GOP reintroduces crime reduction packageFeb 03, 2022 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Senate Republicans unveiled an updated package of crime bills this week that they say will help curb violent crime and provide a morale boost to law enforc...
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1 GOP challenger outraising Foster in 11th District raceFeb 03, 2022 12:00 am - Editor's Note: This story has been updated to show candidate Andrea Heeg lives in Geneva, and to report that suburban U.S. Reps. Bill Foster and Lauren Underwood are...
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Illinois' teacher shortage crisis is dire, but we are not without solutionsFeb 03, 2022 12:00 am - Back in 2019, I traveled throughout Illinois to speak with superintendents about the growing teacher shortage in the state and how it was affecting students in their dis...
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Warren Township District 121 holding info sessions on referendum Feb. 9Feb 02, 2022 12:00 am - Warren Township High School District 121 will host informational meetings about its upcoming referendum on Wednesday, Feb. 9, at the Almond Campus, 34090 N. Almond Road ...