Articles filed under Politics
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Experts compare Trump's, Clinton's cybersecurity policiesAug 21, 2016 7:00 am - Cybersecurity is now a top national security problem — some officials even call it a bigger threat than terrorism. But both major presidential candidates have hit hurdle...
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Trump struggles to fill Chicago tower retail spaceAug 19, 2016 11:00 pm - A yearslong effort by GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump to rent retail space at the base of Trump's namesake tower in Chicago has struggled to find success, accordin...
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Coalition aims to merge three Round Lake-area towns into oneAug 18, 2016 1:00 am - A grass-roots movement is pushing a proposal to merge three Round Lake-area villages into one, creating Lake County's second largest city, organizers announced Thursday....
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Des Plaines health insurance referendum voluntarily withdrawnAug 18, 2016 1:00 am - An advisory referendum on whether Des Plaines elected officials should get health insurance is off the November ballot before it even got on. Wayne Woodworth, principal ...
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Rolling Meadows mayor, Palatine supervisor, AH trustee want Murphy seatAug 17, 2016 1:00 am - Local Republican leaders said Wednesday that two current members of the Illinois House, Palatine Township's supervisor and Rolling Meadows' mayor are among the candidate...
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District 15 wants to build 2 new schoolsAug 15, 2016 1:00 am - Palatine Township Elementary District 15 will ask voters in November to approve borrowing $130 million for the construction of two new schools, district officials announ...
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Labor Department pushing states to create paid family leave programsAug 14, 2016 7:14 am - In California, the first state to guarantee paid family leave for all workers since 2004, payroll deductions fund a state-run insurance pool that allows employees to tak...
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Editorial: McSweeney bill would increase transparency in collective bargainingAug 13, 2016 2:00 pm - Two years ago, State Rep. Jeanne Ives of Wheaton introduced legislation to require school boards and other local governments to give the public a minimum of two weeks to...
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Elk Grove Dist. 59 board member seeks referendum on library districtAug 12, 2016 5:22 am - Voters could get to decide as early as November whether to extend library services to unincorporated Elk Grove Township through the creation of a library district, if a ...
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Matt Murphy announces his Senate resignationAug 12, 2016 1:00 am - Republican state Sen. Matt Murphy of Palatine - a high-profile spokesman for the Illinois Republican agenda and nearly 10-year Senate veteran from the Northwest suburbs ...