Articles filed under Politics
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The vote-counting drama in Florida is just the startNov 09, 2018 12:00 am - On Thursday evening, Gov. Rick Scott, R-Fla., appeared on the steps of the governor's mansion in Tallahassee, Florida, to address the ongoing ballot-counting in his race...
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What happens to Trumpism now?Nov 09, 2018 12:00 am - Now that Democrats have won the House majority by a slim margin, what happens next? Their power to shape legislation will be limited, but that's not the whole story. Dem...
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Extremes are strangling common sense solution to border crisisNov 09, 2018 12:00 am - More than 30 years ago, I began going down to the U.S.-Mexican border on a regular basis. I was a correspondent covering Latin America, and I knew, appreciated and loved...
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With $4.5 million secured, upgrades at Greater Round Lake Fire District beginNov 09, 2018 12:00 am - Voters Tuesday overwhelmingly supported the Greater Round Lake Fire Protection District's request to borrow $4.5 million to modernize facilities and equipment. Now, the ...
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Sen. Lindsey Graham in 2017: 'Holy hell to pay' if Sessions is fired. In 2018: 'When was that? What year?'Nov 09, 2018 12:00 am - Standing in the halls of Congress, Sen. Lindsey O. Graham, R-S.C., vowed that he was 100 percent behind Attorney General Jeff Sessions. It was July 27, 2017, and Preside...
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Noland: Door-to-door push was difference in winning judge seatNov 08, 2018 12:00 am - Former Elgin state Sen. Michael Noland estimates he went 15 miles on his Segway almost every day from the beginning of July to this week campaigning for a circuit judge ...
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Suburban activists join national protest supporting Mueller probeNov 08, 2018 12:00 am -
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Fox River and Countryside fire chief after rejected tax hike: 'Where do we go from here?'Nov 07, 2018 12:00 am - The Fox River and Countryside Fire/Rescue District's request for a property tax increase has failed yet again, leaving Chief John Nixon and the fire board facing what ha...
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Blackberry Township road tax increase shot downNov 07, 2018 12:00 am - For the fifth time in 14 years, Blackberry Township voters rejected a proposal Tuesday to hike taxes to fix and maintain township roads. With all precincts reporting, th...
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Don't let midterm madness blot out memory of KhashoggiNov 07, 2018 12:00 am - The midterm elections are finally over, more or less, and we got what we got - Donald Trump is still president. Sorry, but someone had to say it. Now back to the cold r...