Articles filed under Politics
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Lisa Madigan to seek fifth term as attorney generalMay 15, 2017 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan says she's seeking a fifth term next year. Madigan revealed her 2018 plans last week during an unrelated news confe...
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When politics invades your workplaceMay 14, 2017 7:22 am - Americans are talking about politics. This we knew. But while the traditional advice is to steer clear of politics at the office, more than half of American workers in a...
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The heartland hooks up with Silicon Valley in Trump's AmericaMay 13, 2017 7:15 am - President Donald Trump's get-tough attitude on immigration is spurring a surge of high-tech investment in America's heartland, where farmers are scrambling for new ways ...
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Trump, Comey, Russia editorial: We need special prosecutorMay 12, 2017 11:00 pm - The ignoble irony is that the man who brands his adversaries "Fake News," "Lying' Ted" and "Crooked Hillary" has shown himself yet again to be woefully casual about the ...
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Suburban Democrats press for special prosecutorMay 12, 2017 1:00 am - With a Republican Congress, Illinois Democrats can't legislate a special prosecutor to investigate Russian interference in President Donald Trump's election but they use...
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Lester: Election commission good for Lake, not for DuPage?May 11, 2017 5:35 am - A bill to merge the DuPage Election Commission with the DuPage County clerk's office is being crafted by Republican state Rep. Chris Nybo of Elmhurst and Democratic stat...
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Kellyanne Conway: It's 'inappropriate' to question timing of Comey's firingMay 10, 2017 1:00 am - Kellyanne Conway, counselor to President Trump, said in a combative television interview Wednesday morning that it was "inappropriate" to question the timing of Trump's ...
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Newcomer, not Dold, to challenge Schneider in 10th DistrictMay 09, 2017 1:00 am - Three bouts in the ring were enough for boxers Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali, and they also will be enough for Democratic U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider and former Republican U...
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Jimmy Kimmel slams critics of his emotional health-care plea, calls out Newt GingrichMay 09, 2017 1:00 am - A week after Jimmy Kimmel shared the news about his newborn son's heart defect - and made an emotional plea about pre-existing conditions amid the health care debate - h...
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Where you can meet local members of Congress during recessMay 08, 2017 1:00 am - With no scheduled session in the week following the U.S. House vote to repeal and replace portions of the Affordable Care Act, suburban members of Congress are home in t...