Articles filed under Politics
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How waves of immigrants are overwhelming asylum processMar 30, 2019 1:00 am - Before 2013, about one of every 100 immigrants arriving at our borders asked for asylum. Now, it's one out of every 10. The glut of immigrants at our southern border has...
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Constable: How 7,000-mile trek through the Americas leads West African asylum-seeker to the suburbsMar 30, 2019 1:00 am - By Burt Constable Watching dramatic scenes of immigrants in a caravan moving toward the United States-Mexico border, this 20-year-old resident of the Northwest suburbs k...
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Not much controversy when it comes to Lake County's ballot questionsMar 30, 2019 1:00 am - Referendum questions on ballots in a handful of Lake County communities will be decided Tuesday by voters. Of the seven referendums appearing on ballots in Lake County ...
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Northwest suburban ballot questions include requests for school, library upgradesMar 30, 2019 1:00 am - This story has been updated to correct the amount of the expected tax hike if voters approve the the River Trails District 26 referendum. Northwest suburban Cook Co...
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Fire district is asking too muchMar 29, 2019 1:00 am - The Warrenville Fire District is asking for an additional tax of 0.1 percent. This is a 21 percent increase in the tax rate (2017 rate 0.4738 percent). This will make th...
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Huntley library vote is a bargainMar 29, 2019 1:00 am - On April 2, we have a unique opportunity to enhance our village of Huntley. Our own Huntley library is in need of expansion and renovation. We can do that by voting yes ...
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To protect Dist. 202 schools, vote noMar 29, 2019 1:00 am - The April 2 Education Reduction Referendum will permanently cut $1.2 million from Lisle District 202's education budget forcing cuts to staff, world languages, band, cho...
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Lent is the annual invitation to focus on spiritual mattersMar 29, 2019 1:00 am - A friend - reacting to the apparent thinness of Robert Mueller's case against the president - told me: "This year, I'm giving up hope for Lent." I, in turn, am giving up...
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Requiem for an investigationMar 29, 2019 1:00 am - Cathartic, it was not. The relentlessly plodding Mueller report finally ended after a 22-month whodunit that climaxed to the sound of pffft. There is no evidence of col...
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Facts support investment in schoolsMar 28, 2019 1:00 am - I'm writing to express my support on the District 86 referendum for improvements to Hinsdale South and Central High Schools. I'm a father of two kids (8 and 2) and I mov...