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Lessons from The Budget

Word that Sarah Troyer, of Winesburgh, Ohio, was “laid up but, in good spirits” probably wouldn’t be front-page news in a small-town paper yet alone a national publication, except for The Budget.

As the weekly journal of the Amish and Mennonite…

Voice of the People, Feb. 09

Boring debates

After accidentally listening to one of their debates for five minutes while driving, I figured out why the Republicans are having so many debates:

They have found the cure to insomnia!

— Mitch Johnson, Western Springs

Poor…

President Barack Obama addresses the nation to announce the death of Osama bin Laden on May 1, 2011.

Home state remains true blue for Obama

Despite the sluggish economy, most Illinois voters approve of Barack Obama’s handling of the presidency and the president appears poised for a general election victory in his home state this fall, a new Tribune/WGN-TV poll shows.

Though the interviews…

Group asks candidates to support Asian carp fight

Environmental activists Tuesday challenged President Barack Obama and the Republicans hoping to unseat him to support a hotly debated plan to protect the Great Lakes from an Asian carp attack by cutting off their Chicago-area connection to the Mississippi…

News from around Wisconsin at 6:58 p.m. CST

A female student at Milwaukee Hamilton High School has been arrested for attacking an assistant principal.

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports (http://bit.ly/zTJejFhttp://bit.ly/zTJejF ) the 16-year-old girl attacked the assistant principal Monday…

White House attacks Romney on birth control

The White House is taking on GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney over his criticism of President Barack Obama’s birth control coverage mandate.

Press secretary Jay Carney says Romney is an “odd messenger” to be attacking Obama over the issue. The…

Analysis: Romney losses show conservative woes

Mitt Romney just can’t shake his difficulty attracting conservatives. And that reality is undercutting his effort to cast himself as the inevitable Republican presidential nominee and prolonging a race that each day exposes deep divisions within the…