Articles filed under Politics
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Our political identity needs to be American firstFeb 22, 2019 12:00 am - There's identity - and then there's identity politics. The difference between them may well be the crux of our next presidential election. Identity is, obviously, who w...
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Prospect Heights candidates spar over experience, Cloud's airport board ousterFeb 22, 2019 12:00 am - Prospect Heights aldermanic candidate Betty Cloud says Mayor Nick Helmer forced her to resign last summer from the board of the Chicago Executive Airport without a prope...
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Endless wars demand notice among presidential candidatesFeb 22, 2019 12:00 am - By Georgie Anne Geyer In his State of the Union address, President Trump, who is admittedly not given to eloquent or self-reflective musings, voiced an odd phrase that s...
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Recognizing people with our policiesFeb 21, 2019 12:00 am - Our writers and editors strive constantly to make sure that the people at the center of the news events we report are indeed recognized as people - not just names or fac...
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Federal spending pushes the limits of nation's moral senseFeb 21, 2019 12:00 am - See the text of Williams' column from today's Daily Herald here: ...
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Opposing groups debating District 202 tax-cut measureFeb 19, 2019 4:25 am - Two opposing groups of Lisle Unit District 202 residents have formed to advocate for and against a ballot measure that would reduce the school district's property tax le...
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Oberweis eyeing 14th Congressional run against UnderwoodFeb 19, 2019 12:00 am - In 2004, a U.S. Senate campaign commercial featuring dairy magnate Jim Oberweis flying over Soldier Field with a warning that, "Illegal aliens are coming here to take Am...
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Polar vortex reminds of the need for infrastructure investmentFeb 19, 2019 12:00 am - As a polar vortex brought temperatures near all-time record lows and wind chills reaching minus 50 degrees this winter, Illinois was harshly reminded of the volatile rea...
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Aurora shooting prompts efforts to tighten enforcement of gun lawsFeb 19, 2019 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker and some state lawmakers said Tuesday that last week's mass shooting at an Aurora manufacturing plant will lead to efforts to tighten en...
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Amid blackface controversy, let's reaffirm respect for diversityFeb 18, 2019 12:00 am - For weeks, the media has covered the use of "blackface" by elected government officials in Virginia to mock and find entertainment in the degradation of Americans whose ...