Articles filed under Politics
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Family planning clinics may have to return or destroy medicationJul 30, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Health clinics overseen by Illinois organizations that opted not to receive federal family planning dollars may have to return or destroy contraception and...
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Party chairman: DuPage Republicans facing unity challengesJul 29, 2019 5:30 am - Editor's Note: A Q&A with new Democratic Party of DuPage County Chairwoman Cynthia Borbas is coming next weekend. His rise within the ranks of the DuPage Republican...
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Images: Through the Film Magnifier: Ozzy Osbourne, Ronnie Howard, Belly Dancing, Pony Paper Delivery and moreJul 29, 2019 5:00 am - See vintage Daily Herald images of Ronnie Howard, Ozzy Osbourne, Belly Dancing, newspaper delivery by pony and more in our latest Through the Film Magnifier gallery. ...
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As it faces pressure from Trump, investors, the Fed prepares to take its biggest gamble in yearsJul 29, 2019 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve this week is all but certain to cut interest rates despite unemployment being at historic lows, a highly unusual action that is shaping ...
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Senior exemption bill awaits Pritzker actionJul 29, 2019 1:00 am - Legislation passed with the support of state Rep. Fred Crespo intended to ease the process of local seniors receiving cost-saving property tax exemptions awaits Gov. J.B...
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Law gives forest preserve presidents too much powerJul 29, 2019 1:00 am - On June 11, Lake County Forest Preserve President Angelo Kyle unilaterally canceled the 27-year tradition of Civil War Days hosted at the Lakewood Forest Preserve in Wau...
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Pritzker signs bill aimed at limiting high-interest consumer debtJul 29, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois residents who have had judgments entered against them for consumer debts soon will start paying less interest on those debts, and collectors will ...
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Suburban congressman Lipinski in California garlic fest crowd during shootingJul 29, 2019 1:00 am - U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski, a Western Springs Democrat, was at the Gilroy Garlic Festival when a gunman opened fire, killing three people. Lipinski, who was vacationing, iss...
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A waste of Mueller's timeJul 28, 2019 1:00 am - The picture that spoke far more words than former special counsel Robert Mueller uttered during last week's hearings was taken by renowned photographer David Hume Kenner...
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Let's not just focus on elections, but on how we electJul 28, 2019 1:00 am - A few years ago, I was at a polling place here in Indiana where a long line of people stood waiting to vote. A woman recognized me and called me over. "Why is it," she a...