Politics News
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Filing deadline over for suburban candidates, with some towns in line for plenty of choices
Dec 17, 2018 8:55 PM - Heavy competition has emerged for elected positions in some suburbs after Monday's deadline for candidates to get their names on the April 2 ballot. -
Ballot set: Unopposed races for presidents of Wayne, Pingree GroveDec 17, 2018 7:09 PM - Nobody else filed for election as president of Wayne or Pingree Grove in the last week.
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Mayoral races in DuPage set after filing period ends
Dec 17, 2018 6:16 PM - There will be contested races for mayor or village president in at least five DuPage County towns during the April election. Candidates will face off in Downers Grove, Naperville, Oak Brook, Wheaton and Wood Dale. -
Senate report: Russia social media influence efforts ongoing
Dec 17, 2018 10:11 AM - A report compiled by private researchers and expected to be released Monday by the Senate intelligence committee says that "active and ongoing" Russian interference operations still exist on social media platforms, and that the Russian operation discovered after the 2016 presidential election was much broader than once thought.
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Suburban congressional newbies adjust to life in Washington
Dec 17, 2018 5:30 AM - Learning to vote, renting apartments, navigating D.C. Sean Casten and Lauren Underwood, Democratic freshman members of Congress from the suburbs, are ready for a monumental session. -
Supreme Court poised to strike a blow against policing for profit
Dec 16, 2018 1:00 AM - Guest columnists Grant Talabay and Joseph Alfe: In 2015, Tyson Timbs' Land Rover was confiscated by Indiana authorities after he pled guilty to selling $225 of heroin to undercover officers to finance his opiate addiction. -
The collapsing gun lobby
Dec 16, 2018 1:00 AM - Columnist E.J. Dionne Jr.: Sometimes, dramatic shifts in American politics go unnoticed. -
Federal judge overturns entire Affordable Care ActDec 14, 2018 9:25 PM - A federal judge in Texas threw a dagger into the Affordable Care Act on Friday, ruling that the entire health-care law is unconstitutional because of a recent change in federal tax law. The opinion by U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor overturns all of the sprawling law nationwide.
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McConnaughay told Rauner he couldn't pick his own replacement on ballot
Dec 14, 2018 5:45 PM - Former Republican state Sen. Karen McConnaughay said she told outgoing Gov. Bruce Rauner that he couldn't just choose his replacement on the ballot when he tried to recruit her and three others to run after winning the GOP primary. -
New DuPage County Clerk drops lawsuit to get records from election commission
Dec 14, 2018 5:33 PM - DuPage County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek has ended a legal fight to get records from a government entity that likely will become part of her office soon.
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