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8,500 Cook County homeowners are owed automatic refund for tax overpayments

September 8, 2020September 8, 2020 Ray Hanania No Comments

8,500 Cook County homeowners are owed automatic refund for tax overpayments Pappas: Are you one of the 8,500 homeowners getting an automatic refund? Find out at CookCountyTreasurer.com More than 8,500 homeowners who overpaid their First Installment taxes are set to receive $12.8 million in refunds without filing an application, Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas said…

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Judge Issues restraining order to prevent Trump from moving up 2020 Census deadline

September 6, 2020September 6, 2020 Ray Hanania No Comments

Judge Issues restraining order to prevent Trump from moving up 2020 Census deadline Civil Rights Groups Secure Court Order to Stop Trump’s Rushed and Incomplete Census Count. Decision Adds More Time for a Fair Counting and Will Account for Millions More People The Trump administration’s last-minute move to terminate 2020 census operations would likely lead to a…

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How criminals become heroes in today’s screwed-up world

September 5, 2020July 13, 2021 Ray Hanania 3 Comments

How criminals become heroes in today’s screwed-up world The biased mainstream news media is failing at its job to report facts. Instead of reporting facts, they are reporting half truths, and politically partisan opinions. The case of the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin is a good example of how only part of the…

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Firefighters respond to Orland home fire they witness from their firehouse across the street

September 5, 2020September 5, 2020 Ray Hanania No Comments

Firefighters respond to Orland home fire they witness from their firehouse across the street Firefighters at the Orland Fire Protection District’s Station 5 at 8851 W. 143rd Street were conducting their afternoon exercise routines inside the firehouse on Saturday (Sept. 5, 2020) at 2:50 PM when they smelled something burning outside. The OFPD firefighters rushed…

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Marie Newman will strive to bring activists and police together

September 5, 2020September 5, 2020 Ray Hanania No Comments

Marie Newman will strive to bring activists and police together Marie Newman, who ousted Congressman Dan Lipinski from office in the Democratic Primary election last March, told a rally hosted by Arab Americans Friday that she will strive to bring police and activists together for the benefit of the community and to fight racism of all…

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Madigan slams Republican leadership for hypocrisy and failing to lead

September 2, 2020September 2, 2020 Ray Hanania No Comments

Madigan slams Republican leadership for hypocrisy and failing to lead House Speaker Michael J. Madigan names House Majority Leader Greg Harris to handle all aspects of ComEd investigation, and criticizes Republicans for playing politics. Madigan released the following statement Wednesday “When I learned that Minority Leader Jim Durkin and two Republican members requested the House of Representatives establish…

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Orland Park COVID-19 cases doubled in past 60 days

September 2, 2020October 6, 2020 Ray Hanania No Comments

Opinion: Orland Park COVID-19 cases doubled in past 60 days Orland Park Mayor Keith Pekau is nurturing an environment which is dismissing the threat of the Coronavirus COVID-19 and reports from the Illinois Department of Public Health. Pekau, who apparently has a resistance to wearing a face mask, has argued that the rise in COVID-19…

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Federal charges filed against 74 in Portland protest violence

September 1, 2020September 6, 2020 Ray Hanania No Comments

Federal charges filed against 74 in Portland protest violence 74 suspects charged with Federal crimes committed during Portland Black Lives Matter protests, looting, arson and physical assault by the U.S. Justice Department Charges include assaulting federal officers, arson, failing to obey lawful orders, and damaging federal property U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams announced today that…