Articles filed under Politics
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Hultgren, Roskam help deliver tax bill for GOP in HouseNov 16, 2017 12:00 am - Two suburban Republicans helped deliver game-changing tax legislation in the U.S. House Thursday, but an uncertain fate awaits the bill in the Senate. Reps. Randy Hultgr...
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'I don't feel wealthy': Upper middle class worried about tax overhaulNov 12, 2017 6:23 am - ALPHARETTA, Ga. - On the income distribution charts at the center of tax overhaul plans, Courtney Mishoe knows she's doing well. She works as a tax manager at a firm in ...
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Where would loss of second-home mortgage deduction be felt most?Nov 12, 2017 6:16 am - A proposal to cap the mortgage interest deduction for new purchases of expensive homes was among the most talked-about aspects of the tax overhaul rolled out by House Re...
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Analysis: Winners and losers in the Senate GOP tax planNov 10, 2017 12:00 am - Senate Republicans unveiled their big tax proposal Thursday, with Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, hailing it as a way to "give hard working taxpayers across the country growin...
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Woman: U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore initiated sexual encounter when she was 14, he was 32Nov 09, 2017 12:00 am - Leigh Corfman says she was 14 years old when an older man approached her outside a courtroom in Etowah County, Alabama. She was sitting on a wooden bench with her mother...
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McConnell: Moore should exit Senate race 'if these allegations are true'Nov 09, 2017 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - A growing chorus of Senate Republicans including Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky, have called on Senate candidate Roy Moore to withdraw from a sp...
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New Vernon Township supervisor will run for state Rep. Carol Sente's seatNov 09, 2017 12:00 am - Vernon Township Supervisor Daniel Didech announced he is going to run to replace Democratic state Rep. Carol Sente after she steps down as the representative for the 59t...
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Senate GOP plan would delay corporate tax cut, protect mortgage interest deductionNov 08, 2017 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON - Senate Republicans are forging their own path on the effort to overhaul the U.S. tax code, offering a plan Thursday that would delay an immediate corporate ...
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Higher sales tax or dining tax: Geneva will get oneNov 08, 2017 12:00 am - An earlier version incorrectly stated what the sales tax could be spent on after Dec. 31, 2020. It would be restricted to spending on infrastructure. Geneva reside...
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Lake Zurich school leaders to open talks on possible referendumNov 08, 2017 12:00 am - Lake Zurich-area school leaders will begin discussions Thursday on whether to pursue a bond referendum next year to fund building repairs and upgrades. The talks come a...