Articles filed under Politics
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Sorry, but Thursday's debate is about electabilitySep 10, 2019 1:00 am - It has become a habit to scold Democratic voters who say that electability is their standard in deciding whom to support for their party's presidential nomination. Forec...
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Longest-serving DuPage County Board member won't seek re-electionSep 10, 2019 1:00 am - The longest-serving member of the DuPage County Board says he won't seek re-election next year. Jim Healy announced his decision near the end of Tuesday morning's county...
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Some lawmakers wary of plan to move foster children into managed health careSep 10, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois is about to overhaul the way it provides health care to an estimated 74,000 of the state's most vulnerable children and young adults, and the pros...
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Tribes, teams and journalistsSep 10, 2019 1:00 am - By Cokie Roberts and Steven V. Roberts Political tribalism keeps getting worse. The demand for unthinking and uncompromising loyalty keeps getting louder. Individuals or...
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Taxi rides provide illumination about crisis of immigrationSep 09, 2019 1:00 am - By Bill Decker Guest columnist When I read or hear stories about the current immigration crisis on the U.S. southern border, the word "cacophony" frequently comes to min...
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Organizations encourage limiting nurse-patient ratio at hospitalsSep 08, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Advocates for a law that would limit the number of patients each hospital nurse is allowed to care for at one time are touting a new national survey that s...
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It takes creativity, will to combat opioid abuseSep 08, 2019 1:00 am - There appears to be no light at the end of the tunnel when it comes to opioid overdose deaths. Recently, our community experienced two deaths within days. Both victims ...
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The end of the world's most successful political partySep 08, 2019 1:00 am - Britain's Tories are arguably the most successful political party of the modern age. The Conservatives have ruled Britain for nearly 60 of the 90 years since 1929 (the c...
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Underwood blames Senate for her stalled legislative effortsSep 06, 2019 5:20 am - As freshman congresswoman Lauren Underwood ramps up her re-election campaign in Illinois' 14th District, she says a Washington reality is frustrating to her and her supp...
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Downward spirals of depression can be deadlySep 06, 2019 1:00 am - There are alarming consequences for the survival of human beings and the success of the society they inhabit when the brain suffers without treatment. And it has become ...