Articles filed under Politics
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AP sources: Biden to pick Buttigieg as transportation chiefDec 15, 2020 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden is expected to pick former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg to head the Transportation Department, according to three peo...
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Local food banks are bulwark against hunger during pandemicDec 15, 2020 12:00 am - Hundreds of stories have appeared in a wide array of media over the course of this year about the needs of families that have been impoverished by the onslaught of COVID...
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Truly want to show the Christmas spirit? Leave a bigger tipDec 15, 2020 12:00 am - This is the time of year when I try to remind patrons of restaurants and coffee shops to tip generously, in the spirt of the season. I want us to tip well all year long,...
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The last liberal tearsDec 15, 2020 12:00 am - By Marc Munro Dion I sometimes take the long way home from work, driving through the twisted roads of a nearby suburb that was a farm town when my grandmother was a girl...
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The pediatric mental health crisis and the COVID-19 pandemicDec 14, 2020 12:00 am - We in Illinois, like the rest of the United States, continue to confront a surge of COVID-19 infections. Amid this effort, children and families are experiencing tremend...
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Trump says Barr resigning, will leave before ChristmasDec 14, 2020 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Attorney General William Barr, one of President Donald Trump's staunchest allies, is resigning amid lingering tension with the president over the president'...
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The real reason Illinoisans said no to the graduated taxDec 13, 2020 12:00 am - In his recent op-ed titled "Why didn't Illinoisans pass the fair tax?," Ralph Martire has it backward. Clearly, voters did follow the money, just not the money he sugges...
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Editorial: Illinois' debt puts Georgia on our mindsDec 12, 2020 1:00 pm - Here's something that nobody's talking about: Georgia voters will have a lot to say about how much pain and suffering the future's going to hold in Illinois. The convent...
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Raoul opposes Texas lawsuit to overturn election resultsDec 11, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul joined onto a legal brief, along with a coalition of 22 other Democratic attorneys general, that is asking the U.S. S...
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The new leader of the criminals' lobbyDec 11, 2020 12:00 am - Having been run out of San Francisco, as liberal a place as you will find in America, George Gascon relocated to Los Angeles. Having failed to free everyone from prison ...