Articles filed under Politics
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Proposed Medicare reforms will be good for seniorsNov 18, 2018 12:00 am - The Department of Health and Human Services recently proposed major reforms to Medicare's prescription drug benefit for seniors, known as "Part D." The Department hopes ...
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Editorial: Local elections need citizen candidatesNov 17, 2018 1:00 pm - During the 2017 local election campaigns, the lack of participation seemed glaring, so we did an analysis to see how bad it was. It turned out that only 30 percent of th...
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Will a GOP candidate stand up against Trump in 2020?Nov 16, 2018 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Republicans who are thinking about opposing President Donald Trump in the 2020 primaries are facing the hardest of political choices. Toppling a sitting pr...
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Target's decision highlights Chicago's, state's poor policy decisionsNov 16, 2018 12:00 am - By Dan McCaleb Guest columnist Picketers rallied outside a Chicago Target store this week, protesting the retail giant's decision to close two stores on the city's South...
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'For more than 50 years, I never spoke of Emmett': Till's cousin opens up in PBS documentaryNov 15, 2018 4:30 am - On Aug. 27, 1955, Phyllis Smith of Downers Grove celebrated her 6th birthday with her parents, sister and the usual collection of aunties and uncles and cousins. Her fav...
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As Dems weigh impeachment, GOP leaders regret pursuing ClintonNov 15, 2018 12:00 am - If Democrats are trying to reassure anyone that they won't impeach President Trump, they're aren't doing a very good job of it. Just days after her party won control of ...
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Dist. 21 voters make emphatic statement in support of schoolsNov 15, 2018 12:00 am - On behalf of the Board of Education, administration, professional educators, support staff and most of all, the students in Wheeling CCSD 21, a huge thank you to our com...
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A broader lens for looking at issuesNov 15, 2018 12:00 am - Very soon, the Daily Herald editorial board will formally describe a project that I'm very excited about. I think it will help inform our editorials with a unique depth ...
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Why Democrats fought to increase majority on Cook County BoardNov 14, 2018 4:30 am - While Democrats not surprisingly campaigned hard and spent heavily to win back the Illinois governor's office and a majority in the U.S. House, why were they similarly m...
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Trafficking victims deserve our help, not hateful rhetoricNov 14, 2018 12:00 am - An ugly black market sex trade exists in America. Under false pretenses, it lures or outright kidnaps teenage girls from their countries and forces them into an immoral ...