Articles filed under Politics
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Mayoral challengers, academics raise caution flags about Musk's O'Hare ExpressJun 13, 2018 11:00 pm - Mayoral challengers, academic experts and aldermen raised caution flags Thursday about Mayor Rahm Emanuel's choice of visionary billionaire Elon Musk to build a high-spe...
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After snow removal safeguards, sidewalk cafés get OK to operate year-roundJun 13, 2018 11:00 pm - Mayor Rahm Emanuel's plan to let Chicago's 1,200 sidewalk cafés stay open year-round even in the dead of winter sailed through a City Council committee Tuesday, but only...
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Florida woman dies in fall from swing at NeoCon Show in Merchandise MartJun 13, 2018 11:00 pm - A 57-year-old woman died after falling from a swing Tuesday afternoon at the NeoCon show held at the Merchandise Mart in River North. Jacqueline E. Albertine, 57, fell f...
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G-7 debacle proves Trump is operating on a different mapJun 12, 2018 1:00 am - BERLIN - It is strange being in a foreign country and watching American post-World War II leadership - as practiced by presidents such as Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower...
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Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump made at least $82 million in outside income last year while serving in White House, filings showJun 12, 2018 1:00 am - Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, the president's daughter and son-in-law, brought in at least $82 millionvin outside income while serving as senior White House advisers d...
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Guest columnist: Reduce the stigma of opioid deaths by helping grieving familiesJun 12, 2018 1:00 am - We have an unprecedented crisis happening in our country. Every day, 115 people die of opioid overdose. From 1999 to 2016, 350,000 people died. A recent survey by the AP...
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Make Chicago its own state? Suburban lawmakers say it won't happenJun 11, 2018 1:00 am - Suburban lawmakers say a downstate push to separate Chicago from the rest of Illinois is implausible, especially considering the economic activity generated by the north...
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Parker: Goodbye, CharlesJun 10, 2018 1:00 am - Charles Krauthammer, a man who has beaten unbelievable odds and overcome obstacles that would defeat most mortals, has finally encountered one foe over which he says he ...
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Rauner: Let's build on bipartisan momentum for change in budgetJun 10, 2018 1:00 am - The passage of Illinois' bipartisan budget plan has been greeted with applause on both sides of the aisle. This accomplishment is a testament to the power of negotiation...
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Analysis: Illinois' population is falling, but the sky isn'tJun 09, 2018 1:00 am - Illinois hiked the state income tax rate by 66 percent in 2011 and three years later, according to revised census estimates, the state's population had grown by more tha...