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Constable: What Honest Abe kept in his pockets
Feb 18, 2019 6:13 PM - Presidents Day is the perfect time to delve into something presidential, such as what Abraham Lincoln had in his pockets on the night he was assassinated.
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Barrington District 220 hosts referendum information session Feb. 23Feb 18, 2019 4:28 PM - Barrington Area Unit School District 220 will host the first of three community information sessions Saturday, Feb. 23, to provide information and answer questions about its April 2 referendum.
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Oakton College candidate forum set for Feb. 26 in Des PlainesFeb 18, 2019 4:28 PM - The Oakton Community College Full-Time Faculty Association-Political Action Committee will host a forum Tuesday, Feb. 26, for candidates running for the college's board of trustees.
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Candidates support appeal of court decision against Libertyville
Feb 18, 2019 4:45 PM - All four candidates for the Libertyville village board support an appeal of a ruling Friday regarding a proposed residential development west of Butterfield Road. -
Amid blackface controversy, let's reaffirm respect for diversity
Feb 18, 2019 1:00 AM - Guest columnist Clyde Brooks: For weeks, the media has covered the use of "blackface" by elected government officials in Virginia to mock and find entertainment in the degradation of Americans whose skin is not white. -
Two village board candidates back on election ballot in South Elgin
Feb 17, 2019 3:48 PM - The race for South Elgin village board is again contested, after a Kane County judge reinstated two candidates on the April 2 election ballot. -
Four candidates, four visions in Rolling Meadows mayoral race
Feb 17, 2019 6:42 PM - If there's anything the four candidates for Rolling Meadows mayor agree upon, it's that there are four different visions for the city's future in the race. But why is there such a crowded field, only two years after the last mayoral race? -
Anti-Semitism has spread through the Islamic world like a cancer
Feb 17, 2019 1:00 AM - Columnist Fareed Zakaria: In recent weeks, attention has focused on two freshman Democratic members of Congress, Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, both of whom are Muslim and have made critical statements about Israel and its most ardent American supporters.
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Score one, it seems, for Donald Trump -- despite his efforts to ruin it
Feb 17, 2019 1:00 AM - Columnist Ed Murnane: After more than two years as president of the United States, Donald Trump has scored one of his few --- but most significant victories -- although in typical Trump fashion, he then diminished the victory by of his own actions and he has opened the door (even wider) for a long and ongoing battle with Democrats.
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Millions of Americans could be surprised as their tax refunds shrink
Feb 17, 2019 6:25 AM - People have taken to social media, using #GOPTaxScam, to vent their anger. Many are blaming President Donald Trump and Republicans for their shrinking refund. Some on Twitter have even said they voted for Trump but won't do so again after seeing their refund slashed.
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