Articles filed under Politics
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Afghanistan withdrawal complicates policy issues for BidenNov 19, 2020 12:00 am - On Tuesday, Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller announced the withdrawal of another one thousand troops in Afghanistan to be completed by Jan. 15, five days befo...
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Biden wins Georgia, flipping the state for DemocratsNov 18, 2020 10:00 pm - Associated Press WASHINGTON - Joe Biden has won Georgia and its 16 electoral votes, an extraordinary victory for Democrats who pushed to expand their electoral map throu...
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'Defund the police' and the damage doneNov 18, 2020 12:00 am - Remember the debate over the meaning of the phrase "defund the police"? Repeated over and over on the progressive left, it seemed pretty clear - it meant that cities sho...
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Madigan confidant and ex-ComEd CEO among those charged with briberyNov 18, 2020 12:00 am - In another blow to embattled House Speaker Michael Madigan, his Springfield confidant, Michael McClain, was charged with bribery Wednesday, along with former ComEd CEO A...
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How the 'red mirage' gave Republicans false sense of election successNov 18, 2020 12:00 am - As votes were being counted on election night, congressional candidate Jim Oberweis was ebullient. Oberweis, a Republican from Sugar Grove, was leading Democratic U.S. R...
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What you can do to help small businesses surviveNov 18, 2020 12:00 am - It's easy to forget, but small-business optimism was historically strong heading into 2020. COVID-19, of course, changed things. Social distancing meant retailers and r...
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Constable: What to call people? Just plain folksNov 17, 2020 4:30 am - Last week in a column about Deerfield High School's being the first in the nation to perform the LGBTQ+ play “Making Gay History: Before Stonewall,” I had a hankering to...
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Epstein case still used to smear AcostaNov 17, 2020 12:00 am - Before he was found dead in a New York jail cell in what a coroner described as a suicide, Jeffrey Epstein was a super-rich serial sex abuser with impeccable political c...
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Special Education teacher shortage likely to get worse before it gets betterNov 17, 2020 12:00 am - The significant teacher shortages that have long existed - particularly in the area of special education - were problematic before the COVID-19 pandemic and unfortunatel...
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Governor's forecasters: Even with spending cuts, taxes must be raised to balance budgetNov 16, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A new report from the Governor's Office of Management and Budget suggests the state will have to raise taxes on individuals or businesses or both to offset...