Articles filed under Politics
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'I am truly sorry,' DuPage Democrat says after tweets tying parade tragedy to Rittenhouse verdictNov 23, 2021 12:00 am - The former social media director for the Democratic Party of DuPage County apologized Tuesday for tweets she made after the Christmas parade tragedy in Wisconsin. In one...
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Will Rittenhouse verdict affect open carry laws in Illinois?Nov 22, 2021 4:30 am - Illinois has a blanket ban on open carry, and experts don't foresee a change
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DuPage Democrat under fire for saying Wisconsin parade tragedy was 'karma' for Rittenhouse acquittalNov 22, 2021 12:00 am - A Downers Grove woman has resigned from her position as social media director for the Democratic Party of DuPage County after coming under fire for a tweet she wrote aft...
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Congressional candidates who were to take on Kinzinger announce they're changing districtsNov 22, 2021 12:00 am - Two candidates who had been campaigning to unseat U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger in Illinois' 16th District are setting their sights on new targets. Republican Jack Lombardi o...
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Behind the Curtain: Do adjectives add to news bias?Nov 22, 2021 12:00 am - What if we tried to produce a whole day's paper without using any adjectives? A reader who used to write us regularly, the late Stan Zegel, put that challenge to us in r...
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Living in true dictatorships will give you perspective on 'fascism' in AmericaNov 22, 2021 12:00 am - I was in Berlin last month. It's a great city with plenty of history ... kind of reminds me of Chicago in that way, though it's much older and some of its history much d...
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Policy Corner: The challenge of avoiding bias in choosing the day's top storiesNov 22, 2021 12:00 am - I've written about how we subscribe to "wire" and other services for our state, national and international news. These services help guide what news we present to you in...
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Katie Couric as self-absorbed Southern belleNov 19, 2021 12:00 am - Katie Couric's new bestselling memoir, "Going There," proves critics right. Shedding her skin as a sweet, smiling - if shallow - public figure, now she's the second comi...
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Pouring fuel on the spending fireNov 19, 2021 12:00 am - President Joe Biden has united the American people - in disapproving of his performance, with 70% of Americans disliking the direction the economy is going and over 6 in...
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Waukegan casino license delayed as spurned tribe complains of 'rigged process'Nov 18, 2021 12:00 am - The lengthy process to select the developer of a new casino in Waukegan just got longer. State regulators were expected to name a winner in the two-years-and-counting ra...