Articles filed under Politics
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Is the fight over net neutrality already over?Jun 03, 2017 7:17 am - As the Federal Communications Commission prepares to deregulate the telecom and cable industry by rolling back the agency's net neutrality rules, some people on both sid...
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6 examples of how the state budget mess hurts in suburbsJun 02, 2017 5:30 am - Essie Martin's job includes such tasks as shaving assistance, teaching how to open a potato chip bag and detecting why one of the adults with developmental disabilities ...
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Ex-legislator from Elgin sues to recover cost-of-living increasesJun 02, 2017 1:00 am - A former legislator has filed a lawsuit in Cook County seeking to recover money he lost when state lawmakers voted to reject annual cost-of-living pay adjustments. Micha...
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Editorial: Trump exit from Paris Agreement shamefulMay 31, 2017 11:00 pm - At least President Donald Trump did not deny the reality of man-made climate change in his announcement Thursday that the United States is withdrawing from the Paris Agr...
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What happens when two suburban lawmakers defy Rauner, MadiganMay 30, 2017 5:00 am - With two of the state's strongest personalities repeatedly clashing over the past two years, there's often little room for disparate voices in Illinois government. House...
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Could Democrats turn net neutrality into the next GOP health care debacle?May 27, 2017 7:16 am -
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Constable: Mom worried about deportation backs out of helping nephewMay 27, 2017 1:00 am - Given the chance to rescue a "vulnerable child," Maria, a fast-food worker from Wood Dale with a husband and two kids, was eager to help. So was her attorney, Terra Cost...
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Analysis: Why the FBI could be interested in Jared Kushner's meeting with RussiansMay 26, 2017 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - FBI investigators have a simple reason for believing Jared Kushner can help them determine whether President Donald Trump's campaign helped Russia influence...
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When politics invades your workplaceMay 25, 2017 7:22 am - Americans are talking about politics. This we knew. But while the traditional advice is to steer clear of politics at the office, more than half of American workers in a...
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Constable: Fiction mirrors Cubs, political realityMay 25, 2017 5:30 am - In 2014, when former Hoffman Estates resident Dennis Hetzel published his first sports/politics novel, "Killing the Curse," about the Cubs in the World Series amid presi...