Articles filed under Politics
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Another year, another list of those trying to impede womenOct 31, 2021 6:28 pm - So we gather once more to pay homage to our foremothers by celebrating Aug. 26, the anniversary of the passage of suffrage. What a year it's been since we last met. We'v...
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Reflections on Hastert as he starts to exit political stageOct 31, 2021 6:11 pm - Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert has begun his departure from the political stage. Whether his final bow takes place in January 2009 when his term ends or before then...
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Giuliani establishes Illinois campaign HQ in LisleOct 31, 2021 6:15 pm - Presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani now calls Lisle home -- at least home to his Illinois campaign headquarters. A six-person staff will man the office at 4723 Main St....
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Naperville council member announces run for state repOct 31, 2021 6:04 pm - Naperville City Councilman Darlene Senger is ready for a wider audience. Senger, who was re-elected in April, announced Thursday that after some "soul searching" she wil...
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Blagojevich approves most of new state budgetOct 31, 2021 6:07 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. Rod Blagojevich approved most of a new state budget Thursday, 23 days after the old budget expired, but he vetoed $463 million in spending. In a re...
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Obama denies wife's remark targeted Hillary ClintonOct 31, 2021 6:01 pm - NEW YORK -- Presidential hopeful Barack Obama said Wednesday his wife was not taking a swipe at Hillary Rodham Clinton when she said, "If you can't run your own house, y...
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Obama is shaping Dems foreign policy debateOct 31, 2021 6:08 pm - KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Sen. Barack Obama is getting polite applause at best when he tells the delegates at the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention here this week that in ru...
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Naperville native plans to take on bigger taskOct 31, 2021 6:02 pm - A Naperville native is moving from the ivory tower to the rough and tumble world of politics. Democrat Scott Harper, a doctoral student at Oxford University, is postpon...
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Canada to assert Arctic claimOct 31, 2021 5:47 pm - MONTEBELLO, Quebec -- Canada's prime minister is expected to assert his nation's claim to the fabled Northwest Passage through the warming, resource-rich Arctic at talks...
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Visit to Baghdad may signal shift in U.S.-French relationOct 31, 2021 5:43 pm - BAGHDAD -- France's foreign minister paid an unannounced and highly symbolic visit to Baghdad on Sunday -- the first by a senior French official since the war started an...