Articles filed under Politics
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Pritzker's mask rule survives legislative panel voteAug 11, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A legislative panel that oversees the state's administrative rule-making process voted along partisan lines to allow Gov. JB Pritzker's emergency rule to e...
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The missing group of voters in 2020Aug 11, 2020 1:00 am - By Mark Shields Political polls elicit predictable reactions from the candidates being polled. The campaign of the candidate trailing in the poll almost invariably invok...
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Lawsuit seeks $450 million from ComEd, MadiganAug 10, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A group of ComEd customers asked a federal judge Monday to force the utility company, House Speaker Michael Madigan and others to pay "at least" $450 milli...
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Pritzker announces launch of rent, mortgage aid programsAug 10, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Monday announced a pair of housing assistance programs aimed at helping lower-income households meet their rent and mortgage payments...
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Appeals court allows lawsuit challenging bond issues to move forwardAug 10, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A lawsuit seeking to force the state to default on billions of dollars in outstanding bonds should move forward, a state appellate court said last week. A ...
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Republicans say expanded mail voting in Illinois is partisan 'scheme'Aug 10, 2020 1:00 am - Chicago-area Republicans filed a federal lawsuit Monday alleging Illinois' expanded vote-by-mail program is a "partisan scheme" to help Democrats get votes and could ope...
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Understanding the Japanese-American experience 75 years after WWII's endAug 09, 2020 11:00 pm - As a Japanese-American, or American of Japanese Ancestry (AJA), my preferred term, I had been born in Chicago one year before the end of World War II. My father had immi...
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Ticket balancing may be risky for Joe BidenAug 09, 2020 1:00 am - If the presidential nominating process is the weakest part of our political system -- and, perhaps not coincidentally, one not referenced by the founders -- the vice pre...
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Lessons I learned at the end of the worldAug 09, 2020 1:00 am - By Marc Munroe Dion If it felt at all safe, I would finish this column and go out for a beer. How incredibly old-fashioned it sounds to talk about going out for a beer. ...
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Trump orders more unemployment pay, a payroll tax deferralAug 08, 2020 1:00 am - BEDMINSTER, N.J. - Seizing the power of his podium and his pen, President Donald Trump on Saturday moved to bypass the nation's elected lawmakers as he claimed the autho...