Articles filed under Politics
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Will Republican candidates in Illinois embrace Trump?May 04, 2016 1:00 am - With Donald Trump's two biggest rivals gone from the race for president, Illinois Republicans face running on the same ballot as the controversial candidate some of them...
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Cook County circuit clerk wants a raiseMay 03, 2016 1:00 am - Editor's note: An earlier version of this story incorrectly reported the public defender's annual salary, it is $187,018 and the story has been changed to reflect th...
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Lawmaker: Plan to abolish lieutenant governor 'hijacked'May 03, 2016 1:00 am - A suburban Republican lawmaker says a former candidate for governor "hijacked" his legislation to eliminate Illinois' lieutenant governor post, and the measure won't go ...
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Hear top political commentator weigh in on 2016 campaignMay 02, 2016 1:00 am - David Yepsen, a nationally recognized political commentator and director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University, will discuss the 2016...
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Screens blocking I-355 protesters prompt free-speech debateMay 01, 2016 11:00 pm - One of the true signs of spring is the budding of protesters on the Great Western Trail overpass on I-355 and traffic jams when drivers slow down to gape. But this year ...
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Arlington Heights man named to EIU boardApr 29, 2016 1:00 am - An Arlington Heights man has been appointed by Gov. Bruce Rauner to the Eastern Illinois University board of trustees, according to a release Friday afternoon. Carl Mito...
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Anti-heroin Lali's Law moves in CongressApr 28, 2016 1:00 am - A proposed federal law named for a Buffalo Grove man who died of a heroin overdose has begun moving in Congress. The plan is named Lali's Law for Alex Laliberte, a Steve...
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DuPage senior meal program could come back, for nowApr 28, 2016 1:00 am - Meals at community centers for about 1,000 low-income senior citizens in DuPage County that were cut in the face of the state budget stalemate could resume as early as M...
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Hastert's state lawmaker pension checks continue, for nowApr 28, 2016 1:00 am - State officials took away former U.S. Speaker Dennis Hastert's teacher pension the day he was sentenced, but his $28,026 annual benefit from his time as a state lawmaker...
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U.S. Attorney: Hastert a "broken, humiliated man"Apr 27, 2016 1:00 am - U.S. Attorney Zachary T. Fardon said U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert's "legacy is gone and in its place is a broken, humiliated man." "That is as it should be," the pr...