Articles filed under Politics
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Anti-abortion group quietly holds rush hour protest in Arlington HeightsJul 10, 2020 1:00 am - Pro-Life Action League protesters on Friday quietly confronted rush-hour drivers at the intersection of Rand and Arlington Heights roads in Arlington Heights. Signs warn...
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Chicago travel order makes no senseJul 09, 2020 1:00 am - First New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut enacted policies requiring 14-day quarantines for travelers from certain states currently experiencing COVID-19 infection spi...
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This is a testing time for all of usJul 09, 2020 1:00 am - A few weeks ago, The New York Times ran an article noting that with the US preoccupied by the coronavirus pandemic, Black Lives Matter protests and massive unemployment,...
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Madigan says it's time to remove Stephen Douglas statue, portraitJul 09, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan on Thursday called for removing statues and portraits of Stephen A. Douglas from the Statehouse along with artwork d...
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We should encourage, not restrict, international studentsJul 09, 2020 1:00 am - In the past week, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has told foreign students that their visas for study in the U.S. will not be valid if their universities cond...
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Pentagon: U.S. will respond if Russia bounty reports are trueJul 09, 2020 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Top Pentagon leaders told Congress on Thursday that reports of Russia offering Taliban militants bounties for killing Americans were not corroborated by def...
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Group says local governments' hands tied in COVID-19 economic crisisJul 09, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Local government officials in Illinois have their hands "tied behind their back" when responding to COVID-19-related economic struggles, three community an...
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After railing against federal spending, GOP lawmakers, conservative groups benefitJul 08, 2020 11:00 pm - Conservative members of Congress and advocacy groups that ardently criticize excessive government spending were among those accepting small business pandemic relief fund...
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Supreme Court sides with Trump in birth control opt-out caseJul 08, 2020 1:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - More employers who cite religious or moral grounds can decline to offer cost-free birth control coverage to their workers, the Supreme Court ruled Wedn...
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Charter schools and minoritiesJul 08, 2020 1:00 am - Dr. Thomas Sowell has just published "Charter Schools and Their Enemies." He presents actual test scores of students in traditional public schools and charter schools on...