Articles filed under Politics
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Oakton approves $1.4 million expense to keep adult education classesJan 25, 2017 12:00 am - Oakton Community College will spend $1.4 million to keep its adult education program afloat amid a two-year budget stalemate in Springfield. The school's board of trust...
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Constable: Record crowd to attend 'fake news' programJan 24, 2017 4:45 am - Tonight's "How to Spot Fake News" program at the Arlington Heights Memorial Library will attract the largest audience ever to witness a fake news seminar at that library...
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Trump tweets about Chicago violence that he'll 'send in the Feds'Jan 24, 2017 12:00 am - President Donald Trump suggested via Twitter Tuesday night that he'll "send in the Feds" to address the violence in Chicago. "If Chicago doesn't fix the horrible 'carnag...
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Trump signs executive order freezing federal hiringJan 23, 2017 10:00 am - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump issued an executive order Monday freezing federal hiring. The hiring freeze excludes national security employees. A hiring freeze was...
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Lester: Veteran diplomat was inspired by suburban iconoclast momJan 23, 2017 4:30 am - Long before he filled his passport with stamps from other countries or dreamed of zooming through a special customs line, Jonathan Moore watched his mother Betty Ann Moo...
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Demonstrators demand that Roskam address climate changeJan 23, 2017 12:00 am - More than 200 people rallied Monday in West Chicago to call on U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam to take action on climate change and support clean energy. The demonstrators, some ...
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Exiting FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler: 'I don't intend to go crawl under a rock'Jan 21, 2017 6:17 am - WASHINGTON - If you're familiar with the comedian John Oliver, then you may also remember the man he once memorably called a "dingo." That's Tom Wheeler, the chairman of...
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CIA reveals new privacy rules for internet ageJan 21, 2017 6:10 am - WASHINGTON - Barack Obama's administration has imposed new privacy restrictions on the CIA that are designed to limit its use of information on Americans - changes that ...
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Images: Women's marches across the countryJan 21, 2017 12:00 am - An estimated 500,000 protesters marched on Washington, D.C., on Saturday -- and an estimated 3 million people demonstrated worldwide -- a day after President Donald Trum...
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Chicago women's march draws huge crowd day after inaugurationJan 21, 2017 12:00 am - On an unusually warm January morning, peaceful protesters of Donald Trump's presidency decorated major stretches of downtown Chicago with slogans of anger, fear and hope...