All Stories from May 23, 2014 (Change date)
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First do the cutting, then talk about taxesMay 24, 2014 8:10 am - The Herald reported Tuesday that Gov. Pat Quinn is twisting arms in Springfield to get the votes needed to make the temporary income tax hike permanent. He says that wit...
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Get it together and support ClearbrookMay 24, 2014 8:10 am - As the Daily Herald wrote in its May 16 editorial, now is a crucial time in the state budget process. One of the agencies dependent on state funding is Clearbrook, cente...
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The real question is spendingMay 23, 2014 5:05 am - If I should get an instant 66 percent raise all my financial problems now and in the future would be over. I am sure everyone reading this would be in the same boat. Whe...
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Use cameras to track trains at crossingsMay 23, 2014 5:05 am - Here's an idea about what to do with all that red-light camera equipment that the state of Illinois may eliminate later this month. Why not install the units at railroa...
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Dawn Patrol: 7 Lake Zurich High students cited; firefighter saves lifeMay 23, 2014 9:47 am - Seven Lake Zurich High seniors disciplined over prank Seven seniors at Lake Zurich High School have been identified as being involved in what has been described by ...
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Power ranking the X-Men movies on the way to 'Future Past'Aug 03, 2014 9:58 pm - "X-Men: Days of Future Past" arrives in theaters today and is already the seventh installment in a cinematic superhero saga that began in 2000. Mutant pacifist Charles X...
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Why Madigan can't get votes for tax hikeMay 23, 2014 10:39 am - Just a little more than three years after the January night when Democrats voted to raise income taxes until Jan. 1, 2015, Gov. Pat Quinn and Democratic leaders are havi...
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What it's like to sky dive indoors in RosemontMay 24, 2014 12:08 pm - During frequent drives to and from college at Marquette University, I'd see sky divers free-falling above the cornfields alongside Interstate 94 between Kenosha and Milw...
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Mount Prospect chamber finds new home after fireMay 25, 2014 7:50 am - Dawn Fletcher Collins, executive director of the Mount Prospect Chamber of Commerce, is looking forward to moving into her new professional home. The chamber was one of ...
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Images: Westminster Christian High School GraduationMay 23, 2014 10:19 pm - ...