Articles filed under Politics
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Editorial: The endless cycle of ugliness is bad for politicians and the publicAug 20, 2019 11:00 pm - It's a pattern that is becoming all too familiar: Someone makes a distasteful political statement of some sort; the other side complains loudly, calling for heads to rol...
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Report finds bullying, intimidation in Speaker Michael Madigan's officeAug 20, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - An investigation of sexual harassment in House Speaker Michael Madigan's office found that control has been too centralized and discourages complaints abou...
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Amash's independence shows voters they don't have to settle for binary choiceAug 20, 2019 1:00 am - GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan - It is difficult to discourage and impossible to manage Justin Amash because he, unusual among politicians, does not want much and wants nothing ...
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White House officials eye payroll tax cut in effort to reverse weakening economyAug 20, 2019 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Several senior White House officials have begun discussing whether to push for a temporary payroll tax cut as a way to arrest an economic slowdown, three pe...
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Learning from the Great DepressionAug 20, 2019 1:00 am - What is striking about the latest bouts of financial turmoil - the recent wild swings in global stock and bond markets - is that they provide a sobering reminder of the ...
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Rival criticizes Lake County State's Attorney over Old Mill Creek murder chargesAug 19, 2019 1:00 am - Lake County State's Attorney Mike Nerheim is facing criticism from his chief political opponent for his decision to levy murder charges against five teenage accomplices ...
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Political leaders condemn mock assassination during fundraiser in WinfieldAug 19, 2019 1:00 am - Political leaders on both sides of the aisle condemned a stunt at a weekend political fundraiser in Winfield that included the mock assassination of a person wearing a m...
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Rep. Steve King says media, GOP leaders owe him an apology after his comments on rape, incestAug 19, 2019 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Rep. Steve King is demanding an apology from the news media and Republican leaders after he remarked last week that humanity might not exist if not for rape...
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America, we must work together to stop togetherAug 19, 2019 1:00 am - As a freshman in college, after the Las Vegas shooting in 2017, I wrote a poem titled "Please Mr. President" that was published in The New York Times and then the Daily ...
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The significance of the 'backyard war' brewing with ChinaAug 18, 2019 1:00 am - In my July 4 op-ed for the Daily Herald, I introduced the concept of "backyard wars" as limited but violent expressions of ongoing rivalries between great powers. I obse...