Articles filed under Politics
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Bill would lower sales tax rate but tax more thingsFeb 07, 2017 12:00 am - Legislation expected to be introduced Wednesday would lower the state sales tax rate by half a percentage point but apply the tax to more goods and services, including g...
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Editorial: It's easy to support elimination of lieutenant governor positionFeb 06, 2017 10:00 pm - A suburban legislator again has filed a proposed Constitutional Amendment seeking the elimination of the lieutenant governor's position in Illinois and we wholeheartedly...
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McSweeney reintroduces bill to abolish lieutenant governorFeb 06, 2017 12:00 am - Proposals to abolish the Illinois lieutenant governor's office have failed twice, but this time Barrington Hills Republican state Rep. David McSweeney is trying a new ap...
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Why black and brown Americans could suffer most from Trump hiring freezeFeb 05, 2017 6:15 am - President Trump's recent order for an immediate hiring freeze could hurt African Americans more than other workers because they make up a disproportionate share of the f...
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New FCC policy could mean a lot more transparencyFeb 04, 2017 6:18 am - WASHINGTON - The nation's top telecom and cable regulator wants to give Americans a better view into the workings of their government. So, in a first-ever pilot project,...
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Essay: It takes more than social media to make a social movementFeb 04, 2017 6:15 am - President Donald Trump may have used the power of social media to make his way into the White House, but now social media networks are showing that muscle can work for h...
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Roskam meets with Republicans in Palatine, ignores 400 protestersFeb 04, 2017 12:00 am - About 400 protesters jeered U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam of Wheaton outside in freezing temperatures on Saturday while he met with about 100 members inside the Palatine Townsh...
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Lawyers to visa, green card holders: Don't travel abroadFeb 03, 2017 4:00 am - Nearly two dozen lawyers and interpreters have been camped out in the arrival area of O'Hare Airport's international terminal since President Donald Trump banned refugee...
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Steve Kerr is extraordinary for reasons that have nothing to do with basketballFeb 03, 2017 12:00 am - Steve Kerr, coach of the NBA's Golden State Warriors, doesn't tweet that often, although he did tweet the other day that he had just subscribed to The Post, "because fac...
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World Relief shows human toll of refugee banFeb 02, 2017 12:00 am - Alhussein Al Saadi wonders when he will be able to reunite with his brother. He volunteers with World Relief to resettle other refugees in the suburbs. But his brother ...