Articles filed under Politics
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Credit rating agencies to Illinois lawmakers: Take the budget dealJul 03, 2017 1:00 am - Two of the nation's top credit-ratings agencies signaled Monday that it would be a good idea for Gov. Bruce Rauner to accept the results of climactic weekend action to r...
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Rauner promises to veto income tax hikeJul 02, 2017 1:00 am - The Illinois House on Sunday passed a $5 billion income tax bill, as well as a spending plan, aimed at ending the state's three-year budget stalemate. The revenue bill, ...
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Kander to speak at Democrat event in DeerfieldJul 02, 2017 1:00 am - Jason Kander, the former Missouri Secretary of State and onetime Democratic U.S. Senate candidate will be the keynote speaker at a dinner hosted by the Tenth Congression...
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Lester: What a property tax freeze would cost suburban schoolsJun 29, 2017 5:30 am - A property tax freeze would cost schools in the collar counties up to $360 million by 2019, and $830 million for schools statewide, a new report finds. The Center for T...
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Illinois Senate Republican Leader Christine Radogno latest to resignJun 29, 2017 1:00 am - Senate Republican Leader Christine Radogno became the latest in a long list of moderate suburbanites to leave the Illinois legislature as she announced her resignation, ...
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State House Democrats plan to roll out property-tax freeze to appease RaunerJun 27, 2017 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - House Democrats have advanced a statewide property tax freeze to appease the Republican governor and get a budget before Saturday's deadline. The Revenue a...
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How Americans views on the economy has changed since Trump wonJun 25, 2017 7:21 am - Democrats and Republicans have never been further apart in their expectations for the economy than they are right now. The Trump presidency appears to have sparked an un...
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Lester: Sox's Abreu befriends special needs man from SchaumburgJun 25, 2017 1:00 am - Carole and Chester Brock of Schaumburg brought up their six children to love one another and baseball, so it only seemed natural for family members to attend a White Sox...
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Editorial: The polarization of cable newsJun 24, 2017 2:00 pm - During the years of Barack Obama's presidency, it was evident that Sean Hannity and most of his friends at Fox News would start each day with an overriding premise: Find...
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Census: Suburbs are getting older, more diverseJun 22, 2017 5:00 am - The suburbs have an older, more diverse population than in 2010, a new report by the U.S. Census Bureau says. The report released Thursday showed the number of retiremen...