Articles filed under Politics
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Three prominent election lawyers now involved in Elk Grove term limits caseJan 23, 2020 12:00 am - Three of the top election attorneys in the state are now involved in legal wrangling unfolding in a Cook County courtroom over the Elk Grove Village term limits referend...
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'Exit option' complicates picture for Illinois pension reformJan 23, 2020 12:00 am - Union opposition to proposed pension reforms have sparked a new wave of protests in France, a little more than a year after the onset of the "yellow vest" protest moveme...
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Voters to decide whether to dissolve McHenry Twp. this year, Nunda Twp. in 2037Jan 23, 2020 12:00 am - In response to recent state legislation seeking to consolidate local government in McHenry County, voters will decide this spring whether Nunda and McHenry townships sho...
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Watch Republican Senate candidates debate in their bids to replace DurbinJan 23, 2020 12:00 am -
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GOP candidates outline platforms in first 14th District debateJan 22, 2020 12:00 am - Seven vying for chance to challenge Underwood in congressional race
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Warren, gender politics and the refusal to shake handsJan 22, 2020 12:00 am - What a coincidence. With less than three weeks to go until the Iowa caucuses, we suddenly learn about a meeting that took place a year ago, with only two people in the r...
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Watch Foster, Ventura debate in their race for CongressJan 22, 2020 12:00 am - Progressive challenger Rachel Ventura and centrist Rep. Bill Foster took part in a feisty joint interview Wednesday morning with the Daily Herald Editorial Board as ...
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Legislative inquiry needed in state's lobbyist email scandalJan 22, 2020 12:00 am - Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan doesn't know anything about his lobbyist buddy's appalling 2012 email advocating on behalf of a politically connected worker who k...
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Proposal would let library districts tax marijuanaJan 22, 2020 12:00 am - A bill filed in Springfield could allow local libraries to get a cut of the taxes on recreational cannabis sales, but it would come at the potential expense of county-le...
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After Elk Grove robocalls, pro-Johnson group plans 'old school' responseJan 21, 2020 4:10 am - After months of robocalls, mailings and even a digital billboard truck urging Elk Grove Village voters to back municipal term limits in an upcoming referendum, allies of...