Articles filed under Politics
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State regulators grill ComEd executivesJul 29, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Top executives of ComEd faced tough questions from state regulators Wednesday as they publicly apologized for the lobbying scandal that is forcing the comp...
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Sheriffs association calls Pritzker's prisoner transfer order ineffectiveJul 29, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - While Gov. J.B. Pritzker issued a new executive order this week allowing for transfers into state prisons at the discretion of the Illinois Department of C...
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Rozner: In Illinois, you can always bet on one winner. And it's not you.Jul 27, 2020 11:00 pm - Even if you're not interested in sports betting, you have to be fascinated by the politics of what's occurred over the last few weeks. It's enough to make you wonder wh...
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Libertarian candidate visits with voters in Green OaksJul 25, 2020 11:00 pm - Libertarian Party presidential candidate Jo Jorgensen paid a visit Sunday to the area in which she grew up, holding a meet-and-greet with voters at Post Time Sports Bar ...
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Chris Wallace is uniquely qualified to interview Trump - and uniquely independent at Fox NewsJul 24, 2020 11:00 pm - During his interview with President Donald Trump, "Fox News Sunday" host Chris Wallace may have uttered four of the most important words in the long, jagged history of T...
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Report: Merging 2 DuPage offices may not save moneyJul 23, 2020 11:00 pm - A proposal to eliminate the DuPage recorder of deeds office and merge it with the county clerk's office in two years won't save as much money as promised, according to a...
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GOP lawmakers' calls for ComEd hearings rebuffedJul 22, 2020 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — The chairwoman of the Illinois House Energy and Environment Committee said this week she will not hold hearings to examine what impact ComEd's lobbying and...
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White House drops payroll tax cut as GOP unveils virus aidJul 22, 2020 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — The White House has reluctantly dropped a bid to cut Social Security payroll taxes as Republicans unveil a $1 trillion COVID-19 rescue package on Thursday, ...
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Kane County Board shuns effort to slash 25% of its membershipJul 21, 2020 11:00 pm - Nearly 10 years ago, Kane County Board members engaged in a civil war of dueling maps and behind-the-scenes deals in the lead-up to sacrificing two of their own after th...
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The ball is in Biden's court for NovemberJul 21, 2020 1:00 am - By now, Republican officeholders are daily and in ever-increasing numbers coming up with reasons why they will be unable to attend the late-August GOP convention in Jack...