U.S.
Chicago homeless coalition pushes new tax on properties selling over $1m
November 8, 2018Seen as a key decision-maker on the proposal's future, Alderman Ed Burke is the lead partner in a law firm whose specialty is helping clients with property tax appeals.
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Big advances for Democrats in Virginia
November 8, 2018One of the states where the Democratic Party did best on November 6 was Virginia, which, each year, is turning from being a “purple” state to a “blue” one.
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High school students walk out nationwide to go vote
November 7, 2018Students from at least 500 high schools nationwide left class on Election Day.
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Parkland school shooting survivors cast their first votes
November 5, 2018"The fact that we've engaged a new generation of voters, that's a win," survivor Jaclyn Corin says.
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Illinois gubernatorial and congressional races have big national consequences
November 5, 2018"Pritzker held Rauner accountable for his four years of destruction and devastation, as the failed governor desperately attempted to distract from his crisis-driven agenda."
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