Articles filed under Politics
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Measure to let Elgin school district CEO be superintendent delayedApr 14, 2016 1:00 am - Elgin Area School District U-46 leaders will have to wait a little longer to see if they can consider CEO Tony Sanders to take on superintendent duties. State Rep. Rita...
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Problem with cutting lt. governor's office: Cost of mailingApr 14, 2016 1:00 am - Getting rid of the lieutenant governor's office could save $1.6 million a year, says state Rep. David McSweeney, who started the idea moving this week in the General Ass...
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Tax on mileage could prevent gas tax increaseApr 13, 2016 1:00 am - A proposal that would use devices to track drivers and tax them by the mile could be the alternative to a 30-cent per gallon increase in the gas tax and 50 percent hike ...
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Tax Illinois drivers by the mile?Apr 12, 2016 5:23 am - A new proposal to pay for fixing Illinois' roads could use devices to track how far Illinois drivers have traveled and tax them by the mile. The plan from Senate Preside...
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Forums on veteran services scheduled for summerApr 12, 2016 1:00 am - Illinois veterans will have a chance to discuss their needs, particularly for mental health and other services, with state officials at two forums in the suburbs in June...
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Rauner to release education budget details TuesdayApr 11, 2016 1:00 am - Gov. Bruce Rauner is releasing numbers Tuesday showing how individual school districts would do under his education funding plan as he continues to push lawmakers to app...
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America's great deleveraging and the political revolt it sowedApr 10, 2016 7:22 am - Americans lost so much in 2008 - jobs and homes, incomes and wealth - that the recession still dominates the public mood three elections later. They lost something else ...
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Contested convention? It worked for Adlai Stevenson in '52Apr 09, 2016 11:00 pm - Illinois Gov. Adlai Stevenson II wasn't a candidate for president in 1952 - until he was the nominee. He arrived at the Democratic convention in Chicago not having campa...
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Hastert kept his secrets while decrying molestersApr 09, 2016 1:00 am - Hastert once called for life sentences for 'repeat child molesters'
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Geneva man named to top commerce postApr 08, 2016 1:00 am - A former top staff member for U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren has been named to lead Illinois' economic development agency. Gov. Bruce Rauner Friday afternoon appointed Sean Mc...