Articles filed under Politics
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Auld Lang Syne: New Year brings final UK-EU Brexit splitDec 31, 2020 12:00 am - LONDON - Like a separated couple still living together, Britain and the European Union spent 2020 wrangling and wondering whether they can remain friends. On Thursday, t...
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For all our sakes, let's resolve to move together into a better futureDec 31, 2020 12:00 am - If there is one word to sum up 2020, I believe it would be "polarization." In the past, when we as a country experienced intense stress, grief and loss, it brought us t...
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Brady resigns seat after 27 years in state legislatureDec 31, 2020 12:00 am - BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - Republican state Sen. Bill Brady, who stepped down as Republican leader in the Senate as efforts were made to oust him from the post, on Thursday ann...
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Cultivating hope and resilience during COVID-19Dec 30, 2020 12:00 am - Since March of 2020, on average I sleep about four to six hours a night and work 12 to 16 hours a day, seven days a week. Other than my daily walk around the neighborhoo...
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Georgia's two Republican senators back Trump's $2K checksDec 29, 2020 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's push for $2,000 COVID-19 relief checks lands Tuesday in the Senate, but the Republican majority has shown little interest in follow...
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Hardships, horrors and hope: Reflections on a year of pandemicDec 29, 2020 12:00 am - This year has been like none other in my lifetime. The onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic has made it an unprecedented year for all of us. This year has taken a staggeri...
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A divided nation asks: What's holding our country together?Dec 28, 2020 12:00 am - Elections are meant to resolve arguments. This one inflamed them. Weeks after the votes have been counted and the winners declared, many Americans remain angry, defiant ...
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In-betweenland: As 2020 slips away, an American snapshotDec 28, 2020 12:00 am - GLENSHAW, Pa. (AP) - The enormous signs, selling for just $9.99, greet shoppers at the suburban supermarket's entryway, carrying a holiday message that means something v...
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Editorial: A salute to those on the pandemic front linesDec 28, 2020 12:00 am - Second in an Opinion series Doctors, nurses, police, emergency workers, health care workers, grocery staff. All became heroes on the front lines of the 2020 war on coro...
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Odds and ends as 2021 (thankfully) arrivesDec 27, 2020 12:00 am - By Mark Shields My friend Mark Russell, the wonderful American humorist, had an ironclad prediction: The results of the 2020 Census will show that more than 215,000 Amer...