Articles filed under Republican Party
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Palatine, Wheeling Twp. Democrats: Winning an uphill climbJun 06, 2012 2:39 pm - Leaders in both the Palatine and Wheeling Township Democrats organizations acknowledge that slating candidates this fall against three seemingly popular Republican incum...
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Editorial: Finish the unfinished pension problemJun 04, 2012 5:00 am - What’s done is done. And what was not done is not done. It must be done soon. We speak, of course, of the Illinois Legislature’s failure to fix the state’s suffocating ...
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Romney clinches nomination, but Trump overshadowsMay 30, 2012 9:39 am - LAS VEGAS — Mitt Romney has won the Republican presidential nomination after years of fighting, though his triumph was partially overshadowed by the celebrity businessma...
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Romney ready to claim GOP nomination after TexasMay 29, 2012 10:00 am - CRAIG, Colo. — Mitt Romney is poised to clinch the Republican presidential nomination after Tuesday's Texas GOP primary, a largely uncontested election that will formali...
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Editorial: Put the skids on massive gambling expansionMay 27, 2012 5:00 am - Illinois faces budget problems the likes of which we’ve never seen. We have the worst pension funding gap in the nation, a multibillion-dollar backlog of unpaid bills an...
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Editorial: Put the skids on massive gambling expansionMay 25, 2012 3:04 pm - Illinois faces budget problems the likes of which we’ve never seen. We have the worst pension funding gap in the nation, a multibillion-dollar backlog of unpaid bills an...
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Search for Romney running mate in audition phaseMay 24, 2012 6:55 am - WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney’s vice presidential search has entered a new phase: auditions. As his campaign evaluates potential running mates, Republicans with a p...
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Editorial: Road to trust rough for Lake County law enforcementMay 21, 2012 5:00 am - It happened yet again. Last week, prosecutors in the Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office dropped sexual assault charges against a man who has been in prison ...
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GOP Senate hopes once again rest on insurgentsMay 17, 2012 12:07 pm - WASHINGTON — For Senate Republicans, 2012 is starting a lot like 2010. They have a shot at taking control away from Democrats as long as insurgent conservatives who...
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Sudden shift in pension responsibility is untenable planMay 05, 2012 11:00 pm - We were and are open to supporting the concept that individual school districts should bear some responsibility for the pension costs they create if they approve exorbit...