Articles filed under Politics
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When should New York City reopen? Governor: It's my callMay 22, 2020 1:00 am - NEW YORK - New York City's mayor unveiled a new set of data thresholds Friday to help determine when to loosen restrictions imposed during the coronavirus pandemic, but ...
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Jeff Sessions defends himself, but stays loyal to the presidentMay 21, 2020 1:00 am - It hasn't been in the news much, but former Attorney General Jeff Sessions, now in a tight Republican primary to win back his old Alabama Senate seat, has been talking a...
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Editorial: Trump continues his watchdog purgeMay 21, 2020 1:00 am - If we were a little less trusting, we might suggest that the uproar over the president's use of hydroxychloroquine arose as no accident. To be sure, President Donald Tru...
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Senate OKs language for graduated tax referendum, voter pamphletMay 21, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Senate on Thursday took the chamber's last step in putting language for a graduated income tax constitutional amendment on the November genera...
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Boost alternative fuels to clean air and help fight COVID-19May 21, 2020 1:00 am - Cleaner air could help us in our defense against the COVID-19 virus. A recent study by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health concluded that there is a significant co...
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State legislators convene spaced apart, force each other to wear masksMay 20, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois legislators approved extraordinary safety rules for themselves Wednesday as they convened for the first time in 10 weeks due to the coronavirus pa...
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Rotten education isn't preordainedMay 20, 2020 1:00 am - Black politicians, civil rights leaders and their white liberal advocates have little or no interest in doing anything effective to deal with what's no less than an educ...
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How inspectors general protect taxpayers, government integrityMay 20, 2020 1:00 am - Thirty years ago, I worked for an ambassador - a political appointee from the business world - who one night entertained a group of high-level contacts at an upscale res...
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Stigma and mental health in the time of coronavirusMay 19, 2020 1:00 am - What we are experiencing right now is scary and confusing. It is temporarily and permanently life changing. It brings to light the range of humanity's character, the bes...
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Bill Barr, champion of justiceMay 19, 2020 1:00 am - "Governments that use the enormous power of law enforcement to punish their enemies and reward their allies are not constitutional republics; they are autocracies," note...