Articles filed under Politics
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Editorial: As campaign swallows budget crisis, lawmakers must step upApr 12, 2017 11:00 pm - The 2018 gubernatorial campaign season has begun, which means whatever hope there is of solving Illinois budgetary issues before next year's election will not likely be ...
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FACT CHECK: Do Trump's Mar-a-Lago trips cost $3 million?Apr 12, 2017 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - With President Donald Trump making his seventh presidential trip this weekend to his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, government watchdogs and Democrats a...
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House Intelligence Committee chair Nunes recuses himself from Russia probeApr 06, 2017 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif., temporarily recused himself Thursday from all matters related to the committee's ongoing probe ...
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Senate Republicans force historic rule change to advance GorsuchApr 06, 2017 1:00 am - Senate Republicans ignited the "nuclear option" to allow confirmation of President Donald Trump's U.S. Supreme Court nominee and bar Democrats from blocking future picks...
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Back to the 'drawing board' in District 200 after second referendum defeatApr 05, 2017 9:00 pm - Wheaton Warrenville Unit District 200 officials are taking a "step back" to try to determine why voters shot down a funding request for the second time in four years. Mo...
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Why were these four suburban mayors ousted?Apr 05, 2017 1:00 am - Who knows for sure why voters oust someone from office. Perhaps it's just a matter of one person outworking the other. Maybe one ran afoul of the law. Or another might h...
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Tax rejection clouds Fox River & Countryside district's futureApr 04, 2017 7:30 pm - The fate of the Fox River & Countryside Fire/Rescue District appears more tenuous than ever following yet another rejection of a tax increase by its customers Tuesday ni...
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Wauconda voters want Iraq, Afghanistan vets honored at Sept. 11 memorialApr 04, 2017 7:30 pm - Wauconda voters want the village's Heroes of Freedom Memorial to include storyboards about the global war on terrorism and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. With all pre...
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Kane County Forest District voters OK $50 million tax hike for more open spaceApr 04, 2017 7:30 pm - Kane County voters Tuesday supported the fifth tax increase in the past 18 years for the Kane County Forest Preserve District. The favorable outcome will add $50 million...
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Pingree fire stations turned down by votersApr 04, 2017 7:30 pm - A majority of voters said "no" to two new fire stations in a referendum question in Tuesday's election asking permission to borrow $8.5 million for construction in the P...