Articles filed under Politics
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Benjamin voters approve tax increase for capital projectsApr 03, 2017 11:00 pm - Benjamin Elementary District 25 voters have given the district permission to borrow $4.9 million to pursue a list of capital projects, including upgrading science labs a...
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Wheaton Warrenville District 200's $132M request defeatedApr 03, 2017 11:00 pm - Wheaton Warrenville Unit District 200 voters on Tuesday rejected a request to borrow $132.5 million to pay for building projects at all of its campuses except Hubble Mid...
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Are there enough candidates to do the job in your town?Apr 03, 2017 5:30 am - Editor's note: Second of three parts Michael Reich isn't seeking re-election to the Queen Bee Elementary District 16 school board on Tuesday, and yet he might wind ...
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Durbin, Duckworth to join Gorsuch filibusterApr 03, 2017 1:00 am - Illinois' two senators are among Democrats who plan to filibuster Neil Gorsuch's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin of Springfield, a member of ...
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Editorial: Voter apathy shows need to consolidate governmentApr 02, 2017 2:00 pm - We arrive Tuesday at Election Day 2017, the less glorious kind of election day - not the national one with its pomp and circumstance, but the afterthought, the one about...
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Congress caught between banks, retailers on debit-card feesApr 02, 2017 7:18 am - Congressional Republicans are eager to overhaul the Dodd-Frank financial law. One part, however, they wouldn't mind putting off. That's the provision that limits how muc...
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Q&A: Why Trump failed to negotiate a heath-care dealApr 02, 2017 7:18 am - A number of parties share the blame for the Republicans' failed effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act: The GOP's hard-line Freedom Caucus. More moderate R...
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Sluggish bank lending vs. Trump's pro-growth agendaApr 02, 2017 7:17 am - A slowdown in bank lending is turning into ground zero for a debate over the growing gap between economic hope and reality in the wake of Donald Trump's U.S. election wi...
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Your online ad could appear on a site spewing hate without your knowledgeApr 01, 2017 7:21 am - As the owner of a small business in liberal Massachusetts, John Ellis was a natural sympathizer of the nationwide call for advertisers to boycott Breitbart News, with it...
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Facebook Town Hall helps you call your congressmanApr 01, 2017 7:00 am - Since the election last November, U.S. lawmakers have seen a deluge of phone calls from Americans weighing in on the GOP's congressional agenda. Now, those floodwaters m...