Articles filed under Politics
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Was Trump right about Baltimore?Aug 07, 2019 1:00 am - See the text of Williams' column from today's Daily Herald here: ...
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Ivanka Trump's tweets about city contain inaccurate info, rile LightfootAug 06, 2019 1:00 am - Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot had strong words Tuesday for Ivanka Trump after the president's daughter tweeted inaccurate information about violence in the city over the ...
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Report says Illinois underfunds tobacco cessation programAug 06, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois compared favorably to other states in a report by a national advocacy group evaluating cancer reduction policies in all but one area - funding for...
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Emails: Confederate Railroad was booked for 2 months before Pritzker's office knewAug 06, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A southern rock band whose logo features Confederate flags was booked for the DuQuoin State Fair for two months before Gov. J.B. Pritzker's staff learned o...
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Editorial: We don't have to live like this. Campaign against gun violence must begin with guns.Aug 06, 2019 1:00 am - We don't have to live like this. We go out in a crowd, and now, we look around, check for backpacks and suspicious characters, devise escape plans in case we need them. ...
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Party chairwoman: DuPage Democrats aim for 'empathy, problem solving'Aug 05, 2019 5:30 am - Editor's note: A Q&A with Marty Keller, chairman of the DuPage County Republicans, ran last week. Click here to read it. Her involvement with the Democratic Party of DuP...
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China lets currency plunge below 7, a decade low, after Trump adds new tariffsAug 05, 2019 1:00 am - BEIJING - China appeared to mount a counteroffensive Monday to new U.S. tariffs by allowing its tightly controlled currency to slide to an 11-year low, a move that could...
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A tale of 'Zorro' and 'Little St. Jeff's'Aug 04, 2019 1:00 am - The more we learn, the more Jeffrey Epstein resembles an evil comic book character for the developmentally arrested intellectual - the charming-but-lurid mastermind with...
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The Russians really are comingAug 04, 2019 1:00 am - In his recent testimony on Capitol Hill, former special counsel Robert S. Mueller issued a warning that echoed the 1966 movie comedy, "The Russians Are Coming! The Russi...
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Editorial: Illinois' revolving door from public office to paid lobbyistAug 03, 2019 3:00 pm - There are a number of reasons Illinois has its well-deserved reputation for sordid politics, beyond the fact that so many of our governors end up in prison. One of them ...