Articles filed under Politics
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Despite evidence, polls, don't count on any change in BidenJan 27, 2022 12:00 am - The failures of President Joe Biden's first year in office are obvious to all. Inflation is raging. COVID is raging. Crime is spiking in some big cities. The U.S.-Mexico...
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Bill would revamp Prisoner Review Board, make it harder for killers to get paroleJan 27, 2022 12:00 am - A bill introduced in the Illinois House on Thursday would revamp the Prisoner Review Board, the board that decides whether those convicted of felonies will be freed and ...
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U.S. must do better job of reading PutinJan 27, 2022 12:00 am - Now is not a good time to go to war with Russia. The United States just ended a 20-year lost war in Afghanistan five months ago, returning the ragged country to the Tali...
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Senate Republicans call for 'common-sense' ethics reformsJan 27, 2022 12:00 am - Capitol News Illinois gkinnicutt@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - Demanding what they call "common-sense ethics reform," Senate Republicans plan to take action in a...
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Illinois Supreme Court weighing use of campaign funds for defense billsJan 26, 2022 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Supreme Court is being asked to decide whether public officials who are under investigation or charged with crimes may use their campaign fund...
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Justice Breyer to retire, giving Biden first court pickJan 26, 2022 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Liberal Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring, giving President Joe Biden an opening he has pledged to fill by naming the first Black woman to th...
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Abolish parenthood? No, family trumps 'equity'Jan 26, 2022 12:00 am - "California should abolish parenthood, in the name of equity." That's the headline of a Ventura County Star column by Zocalo Public Square's Joe Mathews. "Want true equi...
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Kremlin aggression recalls Cold War - and challenges NATOJan 26, 2022 12:00 am - The threat of Russian military invasion of the remainder of Ukraine represents the most serious military crisis and challenge in Europe since the Balkan wars of the 1990...
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Odd duck sings Senate swan songJan 25, 2022 12:00 am - Sen. Kyrsten Sinema was speaking on the Senate floor, so I rushed into the chamber, gobsmacked. The Arizona Democrat's voice was nothing special - pedestrian - but new t...
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Youngkin rips off the school mask mandateJan 25, 2022 12:00 am - Newly minted Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed nine executive orders and two directives that, among other things, ended a mandate that state employees be vaccinated an...