Articles filed under Politics
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Workers' comp measure headed to PritzkerMay 22, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A compromise bill between business and labor that deals with COVID-19 and workers' compensation passed the House on Friday with broad bipartisan support an...
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Senate Republicans: Stay in session until legislature reaches a bipartisan reopening planMay 22, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - On just the third day of legislative session since March 5, Senate Republicans called a socially distanced outdoor news conference Friday morning to argue ...
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Editorial: Masks are for protection of others, not political symbolsMay 22, 2020 1:00 am - Rules imposed to mitigate the impact of the novel coronavirus have been stringent and painful. It is understandable that they would attract complaints and debate. But th...
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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...