Articles filed under Politics
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Ex-Bears in mind in bill to ban tackle football for kids under 12Jan 25, 2018 12:00 am - Should pre-teens be prohibited from playing on tackle football teams? State Rep. Carol Sente says yes, and on Thursday she called for a ban for children under 12 in a bi...
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Tammy Duckworth, who will be Senate's first new mom, has record of blazing trailsJan 24, 2018 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Sen. Tammy Duckworth's life has been marked with momentous firsts, the most dramatic of which arrived about 120 combat hours into a tour as a battle captain...
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Live: Watch NBC Chicago's Democratic Gubernatorial ForumJan 22, 2018 10:00 pm - Watch NBC Chicago's livestream of the Democratic Gubernatorial Forum here starting at 6 p.m. It is hosted by Political Editor Carol Marin and is scheduled to end at 7 p....
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Senate votes to end government shutdownJan 22, 2018 12:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress sped toward reopening the government Monday, as Senate Democrats dropped their objections to a temporary funding bill in return for assurances...
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Three Naperville women appearing on Time magazine coverJan 22, 2018 12:00 am - Three Naperville women running for elected office are featured on the cover of the most recent Time magazine as part of a collage of Women's March participants the magaz...
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League of Women Voters of Illinois to host 'Bridging Divides' Feb. 10Jan 21, 2018 10:00 pm - The League of Women Voters of Illinois will hold its 2018 Issues Briefing "Bridging Divides: Cultivating Common Ground for Action" from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb...
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Editorial: Daiber, Marshall and the downstate discontentJan 20, 2018 1:00 pm - Robert Marshall lives in suburban Burr Ridge while Bob Daiber lives 255 miles away in downstate Marine. But each of them senses the same thing: that the regional divisio...
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Why these suburban women are still energized by Women's MarchJan 19, 2018 4:30 am - In the year since she marched on Washington with hundreds of thousands of other women, Kirsten Powers has helped lead a group that struck a nerve in Elmhurst. It started...
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Experts: Women's March provides 'shot of adrenaline' for broader movementJan 19, 2018 4:30 am - Women who returned home after marching on Washington, D.C., and in cities across the country a year ago inevitably faced questions about momentum. They had mobilized to ...
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How to prepare for Women's March ChicagoJan 19, 2018 4:30 am - About the event • Rally begins at 11 a.m. in Grant Park. Enter at Congress Parkway and Columbus Drive. • Site opens at 9 a.m. with recorded videos and music. • A f...