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NYT: HILLARY CLINTON FOR PRESIDENT
The best case is, instead, about the challenges this country faces, and Mrs. Clinton’s capacity to rise to them. The next president will take office with bigoted, tribalist movements and their ...

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Dear Democrats: Stop freaking out
Why has the race tightened? I’ve heard a lot of theories, but I’m not sure I really buy any of them. Trump’s current set of handlers — campaign manager Kellyanne Conway and chief executive Steve ...

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Co. Executive Larry Walsh presents a balanced budget for Will County
The budget process has been a partisan battle in recent years, as officials wrangled over how to fund major capital projects, such as the new public safety complex soon to be constructed at U.S. 52...

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Remembering 9/11 in Pictures on the 15th Anniversary
This year, to honor the anniversary, the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York City—which opened in 2014—will host its first art exhibition. “Rendering the Unthinkable: Artists Respond...

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Will County Board may drop pension benefit
The new law, Senate Bill 2701, disqualifies newly elected part-time county board members from receiving pension benefits through the IMRF, but allows those currently in the program to remain. The ...

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Want Illinois lawmakers to keep their hands off your road money? Vote ye
Most of you might wonder why Illinois needs a constitutional amendment to make lawmakers do what they’re supposed to. It’s a sign of how dysfunctional Illinois politics has become. Members of the ...

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The Hillary Clinton email story is out of control
In fact, Ms. Clinton’s emails have endured much more scrutiny than an ordinary person’s would have, and the criminal case against her was so thin that charging her would have been to treat her very...

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Will County Board questions legality of new pension law
He said they can also opt out of the IMRF, but before making any decisions, he also requested a legal opinion before the next committee meeting on Sept. 8, and said he would invite an IMRF ...

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Public comment sought on Will County bike plan
"There are multiple pedestrian plans out there. However, from one community to the next, they may not overlap. There is no connectivity. Some have been formally adopted, others are just lines on ...

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Memo to GOP: Forget your obstructionist policies. They backfired
What I would expect from someone of Korologos’s character — and that of Allen — is a list of ways to recapture for the GOP its identity as a conservative, problem-solving party: how to find common ...

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Amazon makes plans for Monee, could hire 2,500
"My understanding is that they're expecting 2,500 employees there," Will County Executive Larry Walsh Sr. said. The county was involved in planning access for the fulfillment center, which is being...

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Trump Is Doubling Down On A Losing Strategy
One quirk of the American political system is that a candidate can win a primary with a much narrower slice of the electorate than he’d need to win a general election. Donald Trump claimed 45...

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Co. Executive Walsh credits compromise for Will County's accomplishments
The county recently sold $175 million in bonds for those projects, and with its strong credit rating and solid financial status, bonds sold in less than an hour, officials said. After awarding the ...

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Don’t mock the vote -Why the U.S. needs more civic engagement
Every action counts Disengagement remains a potent force among the U.S. electorate. The causes are numerous, and range from apathy to dissatisfaction with the status quo to a perception of a flawed...

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Trump demanded Obama’s records. But he’s not releasing his own
Years before he ran for the White House, Trump built his political brand by accusing President Obama of concealing his past. Trump called on Obama to release his college applications, transcripts ...

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Will County auditor set to host fraud prevention seminar
The seminar will be held from noon to 4:30 p.m. in the Will County Board Room of the Will County Office Building, 302 N. Chicago St. in Joliet. There will be four CPE (continuing professional ...

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Poll finds Clinton has widened lead ahead of Trump to 8 points
The poll confirms that Clinton received a larger post-convention bounce than Trump did from his convention. But she appears to have been aided as well by days of controversy that Trump generated ...

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Bernie Sanders: I support Hillary Clinton. So should everyone who voted for me
On virtually every major issue facing this country and the needs of working families, Clinton’s positions are far superior to Trump’s. Our campaigns worked together to produce the most progressive ...

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Will County seeks a 'community friendly' freight plan
"This is more than a standard transportation plan," said John Greuling, CEO of the Will County Center for Economic Development and a driving force behind the new plan. It must also focus on ...

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The GOP is becoming the party of exclusion. Who wants to be a part of that?
The party of angry men and patient women tried to add a little sugar and spice, plunging itself ever lower on the curve when it embraced a cute little winkin’, blinkin’ and noddin’ gal-gov from ...

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