Articles filed under Politics
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Constable: On the night Cubs won the World Series 5 years ago, future seemed full of joyNov 01, 2021 1:00 am - Five years ago tomorrow night, I was writing a column on deadline about the very-much-in-doubt Game 7 of the 2016 World Series when my phone rang. "Oh, Burt," my 89-year...
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Why remap Illinois when the redrawn map is even worse?Oct 31, 2021 1:00 am - By Sheldon H. Jacobson Guest columnist The Illinois remapping committee posted a blatantly gerrymandered Illinois congressional map on Oct. 15. Our research gr...
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A second look led to greater understandingOct 31, 2021 1:00 am - As a teenager, I frequently walked to St. Stephen Cemetery after school to sit by my mom's headstone. She died in a car accident when I was seven, and I didn't confront ...
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Note to Biden: Love the Senate lessOct 29, 2021 1:00 am - Two senators should not be pushing a president around on a signature package - legacy legislation called Build Back Better - as time ticks by. It does not play well. It ...
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Be wary of socialism's slippery slopeOct 29, 2021 1:00 am - For years, progressives mocked anyone who warned that the Democratic Party's move leftward would produce government officials who might push actual socialist policies on...
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The time to move on 'is now': Adam Kinzinger won't run again for Congress in 2022Oct 29, 2021 1:00 am - U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger - a high-profile critic of former President Donald Trump and his loyalists - won't seek reelection to Congress in 2022, he announced Friday. The...
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State legislators send new congressional maps to PritzkerOct 28, 2021 1:00 am - n the neck-and-neck fight to keep control of the U.S. House of Representatives, Democrats need help from the few places where state lawmakers can make 2022 difficult for...
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When an unpopular client tests a lawyer's friendship, dutyOct 28, 2021 1:00 am - Not again. I represented Fox News creator Roger Ailes five years ago. The New York Times called it "The Curious Case of Susan Estrich." I didn't consider it strange at a...
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Watered-down conscience law approved by Senate amid fierce GOP oppositionOct 28, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Senate approved on Thursday night a weakened and criticized plan to preserve ramifications for those who refuse to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Demo...
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Bill allowing wagers on in-state college sports will head to governorOct 28, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Betting on in-state college sports could become legal with the stroke of the governor's pen after lawmakers in the General Assembly approved an amendment t...