Articles filed under Politics
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Chicago bank CEO accused of bribing Manafort for administration jobMay 23, 2019 1:00 am - Stephen Calk, a former economic adviser to President Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, was indicted Thursday for allegedly approving $16 million in loans to for...
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Lawmakers join labor, business in call for data center tax incentivesMay 23, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A group of upstate and downstate Republicans and Democrats joined labor and business interests Wednesday to call on the General Assembly to pass a bill tha...
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Tollway promises new vote after chairman approves subcontract with former employerMay 23, 2019 1:00 am - On Feb. 27, Will Evans resigned as chief diversity officer with HBK Engineering LLC. Seven weeks later, as the new chairman of the Illinois tollway board, he voted to ap...
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Editorial: What Lauren Underwood said, what she meant and why it doesn't matterMay 22, 2019 11:00 pm - How you interpret Lauren Underwood's comments on Wednesday is probably a pretty good indicator of where you fall on our nation's great divide. The freshman congresswoman...
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House GOP continues push against a graduated state income taxMay 22, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - House Republicans on Wednesday repeated their opposition to a graduated income tax amendment touted by Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker. In the fourth news co...
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Underwood says border policies resulted in child deaths, draws rebukeMay 22, 2019 1:00 am - Rep. Lauren Underwood received a rebuke from her own committee members Wednesday stemming from comments some GOP representatives interpreted as accusing U.S. Customs and...
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'Enough gun violence': Rally urges tougher licensing processMay 22, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Lawmakers and supporters of a bill that would strengthen the Firearm Owners Identification card system chanted "Fix the FOID" in front of the statue of Abr...
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Teachers call for lifting cap on pay increasesMay 22, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The state's largest teachers union on Wednesday called on Illinois lawmakers to lift a state-imposed cap on the size of pay raises they can receive, saying...
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Immigrant rights advocates call to make Illinois a sanctuary stateMay 22, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD -- Two Democratic state lawmakers joined a group of immigration rights advocates Wednesday in calling for passage of a bill that would effectively make Illin...
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The missing option in American politicsMay 22, 2019 1:00 am - In a country that spans a continent, in a party that produced Dwight Eisenhower and Ronald Reagan, there is still no serious political challenge to the ideological supre...