Articles filed under Politics
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Impeachment rallies held across suburbs as House vote nearsDec 17, 2019 12:00 am - Downtown Arlington Heights was among several locations in the Chicago area and many more across the nation Tuesday evening to host rallies encouraging the House of Repre...
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How suburban representatives voted on the Clinton impeachmentDec 16, 2019 4:30 am - When the U.S. House impeached President Bill Clinton 21 years ago, most of the suburban Chicago representatives in Congress at the time supported the charges. Perhaps no...
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Term limit opponents file objection to Elk Grove referendumDec 16, 2019 12:00 am - An organizer of the effort to reject term limits in Elk Grove Village formally filed an objection Monday to a referendum that would effectively oust the town's longtime ...
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Underwood backs Medicare negotiation on most expensive drugsDec 16, 2019 12:00 am - A bill passed by the U.S. House last week to lower the costs of prescription drugs will be a highlight of U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood's reelection campaign in the 14th Co...
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Special session needed to show urgency of fighting corruptionDec 15, 2019 12:00 am - "Republicans want special session on ethics. Pritzker says no." This was a recent headline in the State Journal-Register and it perfectly sums up the position of the Dem...
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Illinois should embrace a national rate cap on consumer loansDec 15, 2019 12:00 am - She lived in her car but feared the title lender would take it. Billie Aschmeller needed a winter coat for her pregnant daughter and a crib and car seat for her grandda...
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Experts want to help heartland cities compete for tech jobs. Their plan costs $100 billion.Dec 14, 2019 5:22 am - Coastal hubs are snapping up most new, high-tech jobs. Researchers say it's time for the federal government to make a massive investment - $100 billion over 10 years - t...
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Elk Grove voters could see two questions, including term-limit measure, on March ballotDec 13, 2019 4:30 am - Elk Grove Village voters could see as many as two village referendums on the March primary ballot: one, an advisory question posed by Mayor Craig Johnson and trustees ab...
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Good news for Trump's economyDec 13, 2019 12:00 am - As if the unappetizing buffet of presidential candidates isn't troublesome enough for the Democratic Party, along came an unexpectedly strong November jobs report from t...
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It's official - the dossier was malarkeyDec 12, 2019 12:00 am - The new report from Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz is an absolutely damning indictment of the Steele dossier. The dossier, compiled by the former ...