Articles filed under Politics
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'Justice wasn't served': 50 years since ChappaquiddickJul 18, 2019 1:00 am - BOSTON - The crash ended a young woman's life, and with it, a man's White House dreams. U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's Oldsmobile sedan veered off a narrow bridge on Chap...
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Schumer calls for investigation into FaceApp over security concerns, Russia tiesJul 18, 2019 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Warning of national security and privacy risks for millions of Americans, Senate Democrat leader Chuck Schumer, New York, urged the FBI and the Federal Trad...
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The next steps for our communityJul 18, 2019 1:00 am - It has been a long, difficult 16 months since the city of Elgin experienced its first officer-involved fatal shooting in more than 20 years. On March 12, 2018, the Elgin...
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House prepares to pass long-sought $15 minimum wage legislationJul 18, 2019 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - House Democrats are preparing to vote to lift the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, delivering on a long-standing liberal priority that has become a rall...
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Suburban Republicans object to Sterigenics settlementJul 18, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A group of suburban Republican lawmakers is calling on state and local officials to reverse course on a consent order that would allow a sterilization comp...
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Elk Grove Village board maneuvers to scuttle term limits referendumJul 17, 2019 1:00 am - Elk Grove Village trustees have approved putting three advisory referendums on the 2020 ballot, a maneuver that could help scuttle an effort to impose term limits on vil...
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Trump never takes a vacation from provocationJul 17, 2019 1:00 am - For many, summer is the literary season of lighter novels at the beach or pool. For me - exhausted by the quickening pace of President Donald Trump's moral and mental di...
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Nobody eats wolfJul 16, 2019 1:00 am - From Little Red Riding Hood's terrifying encounter with the Big Bad Wolf to Kevin Costner's balletic romance with some kindred, four-legged spirit in "Dances With Wolves...
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Casten, Underwood lead GOP rivals in campaign fundsJul 16, 2019 1:00 am - Freshmen Democratic Reps. Sean Casten of Downers Grove and Lauren Underwood of Naperville outraised their GOP rivals in the second quarter of this year, according to Fed...
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Former Rep. Roskam joins law firm's government practiceJul 16, 2019 1:00 am - Former U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam has made his next career move. Roskam, a former lawyer who served in public office for more than 25 years in the U.S. House as well as the...