Articles filed under Politics
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Which suburban candidates have more campaign money than Trump?Jun 23, 2016 1:00 am - Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump has raised just over $115,000 in Illinois for this election, according to the latest federal calculations. For presumptive De...
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New Springfield guns plan gets Rifle Association backingJun 22, 2016 1:00 am - State-level gun legislation in response to the Orlando attacks has emerged in Illinois, led by a Chicago Democrat and more than one suburban Republican. The new proposal...
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Suburban Democrats join House floor sit-inJun 22, 2016 1:00 am - Several U.S. House Democrats from the suburbs participated in a multi-hour, high-profile sit-in to try to pressure Republicans for a vote on federal gun control legislat...
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Suburban, downstate families shouldn't pay for Chicago's messJun 22, 2016 1:00 am - “No matter how this session unfolds, send that education bill to my desk — CLEAN — NO GAMES — and I'll sign it immediately,” — Governor Bruce Rauner, February 17, 2016 “...
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Trump's campaign fundraising falling far short of Clinton'sJun 21, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - By any measure, Donald Trump's fundraising is falling far short of his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton. Together, Trump and the Republican National C...
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Why Hastert's prison term will make historyJun 20, 2016 5:30 am - Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert's term in prison is set to start by Wednesday, making him the highest-ranking elected official in American history to serve time...
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How the 'glass ceiling' became such a powerful - and problematic - metaphorJun 19, 2016 7:15 am - Hillary Clinton cracked another glass ceiling when she reached the number of delegates needed in the Democratic primary race to become the first female presumptive presi...
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Both sides of gun debate face off in Lake BarringtonJun 17, 2016 1:00 am - In the wake of the Orlando, Florida, shootings earlier this week, anti-gun protesters and counterprotesters rallied outside a Lake Barrington gun manufacturer Friday aft...
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Arlington Heights 8th-grader's impersonations of Trump, Clinton go viralJun 16, 2016 1:00 am - When Principal Brian Kaye first heard that a student wanted to do a graduation speech impersonating 2016's top politicians, he was a little nervous. Then, Jack Aiello b...
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Illinois Lottery winners again might not get paidJun 16, 2016 1:00 am - People who've waited more than a year for Illinois leaders to finish a state budget might start to feel like the prospects of a compromise are similar to the odds of win...