Articles filed under Politics
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GOP leader files breach of public trust charge against MadiganSep 10, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The top Republican in the Illinois House filed a breach of public trust charge Thursday against Democratic Speaker Michael Madigan, the longest-serving leg...
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Trump's invisible warSep 10, 2020 1:00 am - Did you hear the word "Obamacare" during the Republican convention? It was once President Donald Trump's worst enemy. Then it got more popular, as people who had not bee...
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Endorsement: Krishnamoorthi for Congress, District 8Sep 10, 2020 1:00 am - If anyone didn't know Raja Krishnamoorthi before, they know him now. His role as a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence in reviewing the impea...
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Republicans hope Madigan will answer questions directlySep 09, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Republicans who will serve on a special investigative committee looking into House Speaker Michael Madigan's role in a bribery scandal involving utility gi...
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Pritzker asked to hold off on awarding marijuana licensesSep 09, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Some lawmakers and stakeholders are asking Gov. J.B. Pritzker to hold off awarding 75 marijuana dispensary licenses amid concerns that just 21 applicants q...
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Today and yesterdaySep 09, 2020 1:00 am - In matters of race and other social phenomena, there is a tendency to believe that what is seen today has always been. For Black people, the socioeconomic progress achie...
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America's most trusted 'referee'Sep 09, 2020 1:00 am - What do presidential candidates George H.W. Bush, Michael Dukakis, Bill Clinton, Bob Dole, Ross Perot, Al Gore, George W. Bush, John Kerry, Barack Obama, John McCain and...
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Watch the video: Underwood and Oberweis square off in Daily Herald/Shaw Media editorial board meetingSep 09, 2020 1:00 am - Representatives from the Daily Herald and Shaw Media editorial boards on Sept. 9 met with candidates for the 14th Congressional District to talk about issues related to ...
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Illinois State Bar Association releases Cook County judicial recommendationsSep 08, 2020 1:00 am - The Illinois State Bar Association has released its recommendations for Cook County judicial candidates running in the Nov. 3 general election. The organization, which ...
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Biden's late, half-hearted position on violenceSep 08, 2020 1:00 am - In what The New York Times described as a "forceful rebuttal," Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden delivered a speech last week in which he said, "Ask yourself: ...