Articles filed under Politics
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Education bill on Pritzker's desk would revamp social studies classesJan 20, 2021 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Social studies classes in Illinois public schools are poised to get a major overhaul, with more emphasis on Black history and the contributions of other un...
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Decision expected on petition challenge in AuroraJan 20, 2021 12:00 am - The Aurora Electoral Board is expected to rule Tuesday on a challenge to the nominating petition of alderman candidate Joseph Grisson III. The board is scheduled to meet...
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Naperville council won't call on Pritzker to veto criminal justice reform billJan 20, 2021 12:00 am - A resolution that would have urged Gov. J.B. Pritzker to veto a sweeping criminal justice reform bill was narrowly shot down by the Naperville City Council, despite entr...
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Steans to resign from state SenateJan 20, 2021 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Sen. Heather Steans, a Chicago Democrat, plans to resign at the end of the month, after a 12-year tenure in the Illinois Senate. "It's been the privilege o...
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Constable: Americans still have stress, even with hope and healingJan 20, 2021 12:00 am - The peaceful transition of power took place Wednesday during a devastating pandemic with outgoing 45th President Donald Trump's departure accompanied by the Village Peop...
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Hollywood returns: Bruce, Garth, Gaga, J.Lo headline Biden inaugurationJan 19, 2021 10:00 pm - A full-throated, supremely confident Lady Gaga belted out the national anthem at President Joe Biden's inauguration in a very Gaga way - with flamboyance, fashion and pa...
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Berman steps down as North Aurora village presidentJan 19, 2021 12:00 am - Dale Berman resigned Monday as North Aurora's village president because he now serves as a county board member. The village board made Trustee Mark Gaffino acting villag...
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The bills that failed during the legislature's short sessionJan 18, 2021 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The 101st Illinois General Assembly took historic action by passing legislation to end cash bail prior to electing a Black House speaker for the first time...
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On this MLK Day, we must acknowledge the racial injustices that remainJan 18, 2021 12:00 am - Violent police killings of Black people last year exposed the deep, festering wounds of racism in America. The callous murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Rayshard ...
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India's experience has lessons for U.S. democracyJan 17, 2021 12:00 am - The frenzied mob trashing the Capitol reminded me instantly of the mob that destroyed a historic mosque, called the Babri Masjid, in the northern Indian city of Ayodhya,...