Articles filed under Politics
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Amid COVID-19, we must solve the growing threat from extreme weatherMay 18, 2020 1:00 am - The COVID-19 pandemic has had a dramatic effect on the lives of billions of people around the world. In Illinois alone, nearly 4,000 people have died and more than one m...
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Coronavirus blame game continues to spreadMay 17, 2020 1:00 am - The coronavirus did apparently originate in China. Now President Donald Trump wants to punish that country for its role in letting the virus spread to the United States....
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Who sent COVID-19 positive patients into nursing homes?May 17, 2020 1:00 am - On a multicountry trip to South America, President Ronald Reagan couldn't restrain himself from the inane observation that every tourist finds himself saying about such ...
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Editorial: Pritzker must rally support behind pandemic planMay 16, 2020 3:00 pm - Living and working as we do in Chicago's suburbs, as you do, we are sympathetic to Gov. J.B. Pritzker's emergency directive and to the state's conservative economic reop...
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Facebook is quietly helping to set up a new pro-tech advocacy group to battle WashingtonMay 16, 2020 6:00 am - Facebook is working behind the scenes to help launch a new political advocacy group that would combat U.S. lawmakers and regulators trying to rein in the tech industry, ...
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As coronavirus rolls on, Republicans hit 'pause' on new aidMay 14, 2020 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Businesses are going belly up, tens of millions have been laid off and, by some measures, the U.S. seems headed for another Great Depression. But Republican...
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Rolling Meadows aldermen make term limits officialMay 14, 2020 1:00 am - Rolling Meadows aldermen this week officially made changes to city code placing tighter term limits on themselves in the wake of a binding referendum in March. More than...
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COVID-19 only added to the inspiration of this year's Fittest Loser competitionMay 14, 2020 1:00 am - The coronavirus may seem to apply an annoying stain on every news story it touches - and it seems to touch an overwhelming number of them these days. But there are some ...
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Trump's push for opening school clashes with Fauci's cautionMay 14, 2020 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump called on governors across the nation to work to reopen schools that were closed because of the coronavirus, pointedly taking issue w...
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What we still don't know about the Michael Flynn caseMay 14, 2020 1:00 am - The Michael Flynn case will soon be over. It began on Jan. 24, 2017, just four days into the Trump administration, when two FBI agents went to the White House to intervi...