Articles filed under Politics
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Joe Biden and restoring the old (pre-Trump) orderMay 16, 2019 1:00 am - There was a school of thought that said former Vice President Joe Biden would begin to sink in the polls the moment he announced his candidacy for the Democratic preside...
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Weakness starting to show in drive for graduated income taxMay 16, 2019 1:00 am - J.B. Pritzker announced his run for governor of Illinois more than two years ago. From the jump, his campaign pushed a simple policy message: pass a progressive income ...
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Rally calls for state to do more for those with disabilitiesMay 16, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - DeKalb County resident Tony Stahl said he waited five years for the state to put his disabled daughter, Allison, in the selection process that would allow ...
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Higher education in AmericaMay 15, 2019 1:00 am - See the text of Williams' column from today's Daily Herald here: ...
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Trump's war on legal immigrantsMay 15, 2019 1:00 am - President Donald Trump and his allies often say they only oppose undocumented immigrants, not legal ones. During a 2016 campaign stop in Illinois, Trump even applauded a...
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'This is a war for our culture': Radio host Gorka angered by gay wedding on 'Arthur'May 15, 2019 1:00 am - Sebastian Gorka, the former Breitbart editor and White House aide, goes live every weekday from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Eastern time on the Salem Radio Network. On Tuesday, he ...
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'There is a war against women's rights': Illinois Democrats urge action to preserve abortion accessMay 15, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Democratic lawmakers demanded their colleagues take action on a sweeping reproductive health care bill at a rally Wednesday just outside the Statehouse. Th...
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'Urgency is required': Pritzker promises to fix DCFSMay 15, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — Illinois' child welfare agency reviewed 1,100 of its ongoing abuse and neglect cases as part of a stepped-up effort to right a department that has been cri...
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3 women had a voice in Alabama Senate as 25 men passed abortion banMay 15, 2019 1:00 am - Amid the debate on the Alabama Senate floor over America's most restrictive abortion law, state Sen. Linda Coleman-Madison, a Democrat, appeared to be losing patience. S...
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State senators, state's attorney debate pros, cons of recreational marijuana billMay 14, 2019 1:00 am - Depending on your point of view, legalizing recreational marijuana in Illinois may help limit teen drug use or it may create a new batch of problems for local police. Il...