Articles filed under Politics
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State financial report is six months lateJun 26, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois officials are six months late publishing an annual document presenting the state's fiscal health in detail, and they are unsure when it will be re...
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Cult of personality is Trump's most dangerous innovationJun 26, 2019 1:00 am - When dealing with a political figure who faces allegations of sexual assault, financial misdeeds and obstruction of justice, it is difficult to sort out the greatest dam...
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Why some new state laws already are in effect but others aren'tJun 26, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Starting Monday, July 1, it will officially become illegal in Illinois for anyone to sell or provide tobacco cigarettes or other tobacco products to people...
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Democratic debate preview: What to watch for in Night 1Jun 26, 2019 1:00 am - Twenty candidates. Five moderators. Two nights. One stage. The first Democratic presidential debates have arrived. The action begins at 8 p.m. Wednesday, with 10 candida...
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New White House press secretary yanked reporters' access in Arizona after critical coverageJun 26, 2019 1:00 am - On April 5, 2016, Hank Stephenson checked his email and saw that he had a new message from Stephanie Grisham. "Attached please find the form that you requested for the c...
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Obama's car at auction with note from Elmhurst chief insideJun 25, 2019 1:00 am - The first car President Barack Obama bought new is being auctioned Wednesday, and the first listed "personally-owned artifact" that comes with the car is a note from a f...
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Reparations won't bring justice for slaveryJun 25, 2019 1:00 am - See the text of Williams' column from today's Daily Herald here: ...
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The Biden-Booker dust-up an exercise in ugly opportunismJun 25, 2019 1:00 am - The problem with a lifetime in public service is a lifetime in public service. Enter Joe Biden, whose list of former offices and distinctions exceeds my word limit, and ...
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Pritzker signs law legalizing recreational marijuana in IllinoisJun 25, 2019 1:00 am - Recreational marijuana use and possession will be legal in Illinois beginning Jan. 1 after Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Tuesday signed a bill that includes a process...
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Doubled state gas tax just a start. State law will cost you in other ways, tooJun 24, 2019 5:00 am - Location is everything when it comes to who pays the most in gasoline taxes to fix the state's highways and transit system. Lawmakers in early June agreed to double the ...