Articles filed under Politics
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State Senate approves constitutional shift to graduated income taxMay 01, 2019 1:00 am - The Illinois state Senate voted today to eliminate the constitutional requirement of a flat income tax. The vote passed 40-19 along strict party lines in the Democratic...
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Myth busting and a new revision of masterpiece on discriminationMay 01, 2019 1:00 am - See the text of Williams' column from today's Daily Herald here: ...
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Yes, there is a fact-based argument regarding graduated income taxApr 30, 2019 1:00 am - Anyone who pays attention to state government knows Illinois' fiscal system is a hot mess. Illinois has a huge - as in $8 billion plus - accumulated deficit in its Gener...
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Graduated plan that would tax more people at highest rate could see Senate vote WednesdayApr 30, 2019 1:00 am - Senate proposal also would end estate tax, add way to freeze school property taxes
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The empathy factor in 2020Apr 30, 2019 1:00 am - In 2008, when Sarah Palin entered the stage to debate her fellow vice presidential candidate, Joe Biden, she asked him first thing: "Hey, can I call you Joe?" It was a c...
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Unlikely allies backing plan to raise gas tax to fund transportationApr 29, 2019 5:30 am - Not just one, but two bills seeking to raise the gas tax to pay for transportation are circulating in the General Assembly and could come to a head soon. Springfield has...
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Duckworth returns to Iraq for 1st time since being shot downApr 29, 2019 1:00 am - U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth has returned to Iraq for the first time since the helicopter she was piloting was shot down during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2004. The Hoffman...
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How billionaires are battling capitalism's criticsApr 28, 2019 6:10 am - =PALO ALTO, Calif. - A perfect California day. The sun was shining, a gentle breeze was blowing and, at a Silicon Valley coffee shop, Rep. Ro Khanna was sitting across f...
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An impeachment circus will only help Trump, not defeat himApr 28, 2019 1:00 am - Consider, for a moment, what the growing talk of impeachment among Democrats sounds like to the tens of millions of people who voted for Donald Trump. Many of them suppo...
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A collision of two public-policy crises resulted in A.J.'s deathApr 28, 2019 1:00 am - Monsters are real. And sometimes, when grownups don't act, the monsters hurt children. The nation watched in horror as a story about a missing Illinois 5-year-old turned...