Articles filed under Politics
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Lester: Maine Township trustee outraged expenses cost more than aidOct 02, 2017 5:43 am - A Maine Township trustee is criticizing administrative costs for a program for the poor that are more than three times the amount of aid actually provided to needy resid...
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Political squabble behind Antioch Township assessor's office moveOct 02, 2017 5:34 am - Antioch Township leaders admit political infighting is at least partially to blame for Assessor Heather Kufalk-Marotta's moving out of the township building on Deep Lake...
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Emails show how District 59 board tried to keep referendum off ballotOct 02, 2017 5:30 am - Leaders on the Elk Grove Township District 59 school board led the effort to keep voters from deciding whether the district should borrow up to $20 million, according to...
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Suburban members of Congress react to Las Vegas shootingOct 02, 2017 1:00 am - Suburban members of Congress spoke out Monday in response to the mass shooting in Las Vegas. Here are their statements: U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, Hoffman Estates De...
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Russian Facebook ads showed black woman firing rifle, amid efforts to stoke racial strifeOct 02, 2017 1:00 am - One of the Russian-bought advertisements that Facebook shared with congressional investigators on Monday featured photographs of an armed black woman "dry firing" a rifl...
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The new reality of old age in America: 'I'm going to work until I die'Oct 01, 2017 7:23 am - Richard Dever had swabbed the campground shower stalls and emptied 20 garbage cans, and now he climbed slowly onto a John Deere mower to cut a couple acres of grass. "I'...
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Analysis: Do wages always rise when corporate tax rates go down?Oct 01, 2017 7:00 am - America's middle class is hungry for a raise after years of stagnant pay. President Donald Trump keeps saying that he can make bigger paychecks happen. Trump argues that...
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Need help sorting out what's fake news and what's not?Oct 01, 2017 1:00 am - For every bit of information in the newsosphere, there is probably a piece of misinformation competing with it. The sources of misinformation can be as benign as a joke ...
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Editorial: Can we cherish both flag and right to protest?Sep 30, 2017 2:00 pm - In the debate that rages across the republic these days about the American flag, we find ourselves hearkening back to our dear friend and late columnist, the legendary J...
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Constable: Vet won't surrender Confederate flagSep 30, 2017 1:00 am - This proud man with the two Confederate battle flags flapping in his Elmhurst front yard says he won't bow to public pressure the way his relatives living in Skokie did ...