Articles filed under Politics
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Pritzker elected Illinois governor over GOP incumbent RaunerNov 06, 2018 12:00 am - CHICAGO - Democrat J.B. Pritzker, a billionaire who campaigned on moving Illinois past the political bitterness of the past four years, was elected governor Tuesday over...
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Cake walk: Nearly half of Illinois House candidates face no opponentNov 06, 2018 12:00 am - By Austin Berg Guest columnist There are 118 seats in the Illinois House of Representatives. But before a single vote is cast on Election Day, nearly half of those seats...
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Hanover Park Park District tax increase defeatedNov 06, 2018 12:00 am - Hanover Park residents on Tuesday resoundingly rejected the first tax increase in Hanover Park Park District history. Park district officials asked for the tax hike to ...
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Elk Grove Rural Fire Protection District board to remain same sizeNov 06, 2018 12:00 am - Voters in the Elk Grove Rural Fire Protection District have again refused to trim the size of the district's governing board to five members from seven. According to uno...
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South Barrington Park District gets thumbs down on selling 34 acresNov 06, 2018 12:00 am - Voters Tuesday gave a thumbs down to the South Barrington Park District's request for permission to sell 34 acres of land that officials say are not needed. With all fou...
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Rep. Steve King says he hopes Supreme Court Justices Sotomayor and Kagan 'will elope to Cuba'Nov 06, 2018 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Hours before he was set to appear with Iowa's governor in an election-eve rally, Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, said Monday that he hopes Supreme Court Justices E...
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Round Lake Heights voters say no to funding proposed water systemNov 05, 2018 10:00 pm - Voters narrowly rejected the borrowing of $2.7 million to enable Round Lake Heights to develop its own water system, according to unofficial results. With 616 votes coun...
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Batavia keeps home-rule power in overwhelming voteNov 05, 2018 10:00 pm - Batavia gets to keep its home-rule authority, which gives it additional taxing powers under the state's Constitution. Residents voted by a ratio of more than 3 to 1, or ...
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Why Trump can't order an end to birthright citizenshipNov 05, 2018 1:00 am - On Oct. 30, Donald Trump announced that he would end the "ridiculous" birthright citizenship for children born of noncitizens on U.S. soil. To achieve that end, Trump st...
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5 possible scenarios for Election Day, and what they would meanNov 05, 2018 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - It's midterm election eve, and we're in a somewhat similar situation to where we were in 2016. According to projections, Democrats are a strong favorite to ...