Articles filed under Politics
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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...
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The case for Karen Bass as Biden's V.P.Aug 07, 2020 1:00 am - About Karen Bass. Most people have never heard of her. But the people who have worked with her and know her best - Republicans and Democrats - have enormous respect for ...
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Atomic bombs in AugustAug 07, 2020 1:00 am - By Arthur I. Cyr Guest columnist "Why do we come to this place, to Hiroshima?" President Barack Obama asked that question publicly on his visit on May 27, 2016. He was t...
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Why the talk of canceling debates?Aug 06, 2020 1:00 am - There are three presidential debates scheduled before the Nov. 3 election. The first will be on Sept. 29 at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. The second will...
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New York attorney general seeks to dissolve NRAAug 06, 2020 1:00 am - NEW YORK - New York's attorney general sued the National Rifle Association on Thursday, seeking to put the powerful gun advocacy organization out of business over claims...