Daily Hope: You Can Relax in God’s Amazing Grace

Your failures don’t surprise God. In fact, he expects them!

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Editorial: Biden’s new border security plan won’t work. Here’s what will

President Biden just announced a plan to deal with the situation at the southwest border, which he attributes to “the broken immigration system.”

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Editorial: Time to defund NPR over porn for kids

As House Republicans overcome their differences and take power in the chamber there is an issue that they should take up immediately: defunding National Public Radio.

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As woeful season ends for Chicago Bears, clock is ticking on team’s potential move to Arlington Heights

With the Chicago Bears’ season mercifully ending Sunday in a 29-13 loss to Minnesota, focus turns to the prospects for building a new stadium in Arlington Heights.

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2023 NFL Draft order, team needs: Texans cost themselves No. 1 pick with late TD, conversion; Bears pick 1st

Week 18 of the NFL season is near completion and positioning for the 2023 NFL Draft continued, most notably in Indianapolis, where the Houston Texans trailed the Colts by seven in the final minute of the game, but scored a touchdown and added a two-point conversion — costing themselves the No. 1 pick after the Bears lost to the Vikings.

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2023 NFL playoffs: Ranking all 14 postseason teams, with Chiefs, Bills headlining Super Bowl contenders

The 2022 NFL playoff picture is officially set. After the Lions upset the Packers in dramatic fashion on Sunday night, knocking Green Bay out of postseason contention and elevating the Seahawks into the final wild card spot, the schedule for Super Wild Card Weekend is complete. Now, the real games can begin. The postseason is a fresh slate for 14 contenders, and only time will tell which ones are ready to make a run at the Lombardi. In the meantime, here’s how we’d rank them going in:

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Clarence Page: Today’s Republicans need to get out of their own way

As the House moved past a dozen ballots in failed attempts to elect California Republican Kevin McCarthy to be House speaker, a catchy refrain from the musical “Hamilton” grew louder in my mind:

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‘A Springfield setup,’ Illinois lawmakers advancing $12,000 pay raises as part of $1.7 billion spending bill

(The Center Square) – Illinois state lawmakers are looking to give themselves a $12,000 raise with a bill that spends more than $1.7 billion of taxpayer money

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Bipartisan group of lawmakers to tour southern border

(The Center Square) – Arizona’s newly-independent U.S. senator and a senior Texas Republican plan to bring several of their colleagues to the southern border for a firsthand look at what she calls “Washington’s failure.”

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Interstate 57 will be closed at the beginning of this week

Drivers on Interstate 57 will be facing a detour next weekend as the Illinois Department of Transportation will close a portion of the highway to demolish a bridge south of Marion.

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