Articles filed under Politics
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McHenry County College investigating after Turning Point event flyers replaced with Antifa postersFeb 06, 2020 12:00 am - A Reddit thread, an anti-fascist flyer and a conservative student organization are pieces of an ongoing McHenry County College and campus police investigation. Officials...
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How Hinsdale students booked all 5 GOP Senate candidates for forumFeb 06, 2020 12:00 am - Getting multiple candidates for an office as high-profile as U.S. Senate to commit to be in the same place at the same time is a challenge for even the most seasoned pol...
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Washington's positively historic actions on Alzheimer's researchFeb 06, 2020 12:00 am - By Luisa Echevarria Something historic happened in our nation's capital recently, and the consequences have the potential to profoundly impact the future and change the...
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Tariffs and economic realitiesFeb 05, 2020 12:00 am - I have been teaching economics since 1967 - 40 years of it at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. During that interval, economic reality has not changed. Just ...
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State to release first $50 million of broadband expansion fundingFeb 05, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The state is accepting applications for the first $50 million in disbursements of a $420 million grant program aimed at increasing internet access across t...
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Elk Grove Village mayor schedules town hall amid term limits pushFeb 05, 2020 12:00 am - Elk Grove Village Mayor Craig Johnson and village trustees on Wednesday scheduled a town hall meeting to rebut allegations raised against them during the term limits ref...
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Committee presses for answers on automatic voter registration errorsFeb 05, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A programming error in Illinois' automatic voter registration system that mistakenly enrolled more than 500 people was a "wakeup call," the state's top ele...
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Senate deals Pritzker first veto overrideFeb 05, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker was dealt his first veto override Wednesday when the state Senate voted overwhelmingly to pass a bill that retroactively exte...
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Impeachment and the endless war of personal smearsFeb 05, 2020 12:00 am - In the midst of the impeachment trial in the Senate, The New York Times had a big scoop. The paper learned that, according to a yet-to-be-published tell-all book by Pres...
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Watch the State of the Union liveFeb 04, 2020 4:30 am - President Donald Trump is delivering his State of the Union address on the eve of his likely impeachment acquittal and in the aftermath of the chaotic first votes of the...