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by Aricka Flowers
4:37pm
Fri Oct 26, 2012

A Look At Some Of The Latest Campaign Ads

As election day nears, and Illinois voters are already casting their ballots, a flurry of campaign ads are being released in these final weeks as candidates — and their supporters — try to prove to voters that they are best suited for political office when compared to their opponent.

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by Matthew Blake
3:49pm
Fri Oct 26, 2012

What Brad Schneider Would Do, If Elected

Brad Schneider persuasively makes the case that there are “real differences” between him and his opponent U.S. Rep. Robert Dold (R-Kenilworth) in the deadlocked race for Illinois’ 10th district representative.

And Schneider need convince almost no one that Dold is part of a legislative body mired in “unbelievable gridlock.”

But like many candidates running for Congress, Schneider is caught in a moment of political uncertainty where there is an absence of bold policy ideas. Read more »

PI Original
by Brandon Campbell
3:10pm
Tue Oct 23, 2012

The Race For Illinois’ 11th Congressional District Tightens In Last Weeks

With just two weeks left until voters cast their ballots, Illinois’ 11th congressional district race has become one of the most competitive in terms of cash and polling numbers showing the two candidates are nearly tied. We take a closer look at the tight race.

PI Original
by Matthew Blake
11:27pm
Thu Oct 18, 2012

Dold's Voting Record Shows Loyalty With GOP Values

Dold is not the poster child for the Tea Party. But the more important fact for 10th district voters in Cook and Lake Counties is that their representative mostly sided with a rightward-moving Republican Party. We offer a closer look at the 10th congressional district race between incumbent Robert Dold and Democratic challenger Brad Schneider.

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by Ellyn Fortino
2:22pm
Thu Oct 18, 2012

Refugee Community Faces Major Barriers When Seeking Disability And Health Services, Report Finds

Refugees with disabilities and chronic health issues are a hidden population in the Chicagoland area, resulting in numerous barriers to proper health care and social services, panelists at an Access Living town hall meeting said Wednesday night.

The town hall served as a safe space for refugees with disabilities to share their challenges since being resettled in Chicago.

It was also the official launch of a collaborative policy brief that highlights the problem and offers more than a dozen solutions crafted by Access Living, Northwestern University’s Institute for Healthcare Studies and other partners.

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by Matthew Blake
4:14pm
Wed Oct 17, 2012

Presidential Candidates Pressed On Richer Variety Of Issues In Second Debate

In the second presidential debate, undecided voters asked the candidates questions on a range of important issues.

President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney were, for example, made to discuss outsourcing, which has been the central issue in Illinois’ 17th Congressional district race, and reproductive rights, which has emerged as a key issue in the 8th and 10th Congressional district contests.

There was also a clash on immigration policy and priorities, an issue ignored in the first debate, which mostly focused on fiscal policy.

At one point, President Barack Obama argued that, while obviously restrained by Congress and changing circumstances, a president mainly tries to do what they say they will do in their campaign. Read more »

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by Matthew Blake
5:52pm
Tue Oct 16, 2012

What To Look For In Tonight's Presidential Debate (VIDEO)

If you enjoy long, abstract and poorly contextualized talking points about tax policy and health care costs, the first presidential debate was a blast.

However, for most progressives the debate held October 2 at the University of Denver was a dreary affair. President Barack Obama stood listless as Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney remade himself as the candidate against tax cuts for the rich and for robust spending on Medicare. Romney also suddenly professed a desire for greater regulation of big banks. Be it causation or coincidence, Romney has subsequently enjoyed a surge in the polls.

The first debate, which solely focused on domestic policy, also existed in an alternate, anachronistic reality where issues such as climate change, immigration, reproductive rights, and gay rights simply did not exist.

Here is one look at what should happen at the town hall debate tonight at Hofstra University in New York – and what may actually happen.

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PI Original
by Jon Graef
3:43pm
Tue Oct 16, 2012

Undecided Voters On The Minds Of Candidates In Tight 13th Congressional District Race

In Illinois’ 13th Congressional District Race, one of the closest in the state, a recent poll of 400 likely voters found Republican Rodney Davis and Democrat David Gill to be one percentage point apart, just weeks before the November 6 election. We offer a closer look at the race.