All Stories from March 24, 2013 (Change date)
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Endorsement: Yes on revamped Millburn Dist. 24 tax proposalMar 24, 2013 5:00 am - In November 2011, voters in Millburn Elementary District 24 soundly defeated a tax referendum to generate about $2 million to replace lost state funding. Since then, sta...
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Foreclosure complicates unpaid work on houseMar 24, 2013 5:00 am - Q. I was hired to remodel a friend of a friend’s basement about a year ago. He got into some financial trouble and couldn’t pay the last $10,000 or so of the work. I rec...
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We can and should cut spendingMar 24, 2013 5:00 am - Recently, due to the sequester, there has been a lot of news regarding where hundreds of billions are being spent by our government. Billions spent on foreign aid to cou...
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Congress falls short on national securityMar 24, 2013 5:00 am - Wherever you stood on Sen. Rand Paul’s 13-hour filibuster to delay John Brennan’s confirmation as CIA director, or on the Senate’s confirmation hearings for Brennan and ...
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Endorsement: Yes for increase in Itasca Dist. 10Mar 24, 2013 5:00 am - In the past few years, Itasca Elementary District 10 has received less state funding. The district has absorbed hundreds of thousands of dollars in expenses for busing, ...
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Endorsement: Yes to Lake Park pool questionsMar 24, 2013 5:00 am - Lake Park High School District 108 is asking to borrow $8 million to build a swimming pool and to increase property taxes for its operation. The construction increase wo...
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Cave paintings of Lascaux come to life at Field MuseumMar 24, 2013 5:00 am - The discovery of what would soon become known as the world's premier example of prehistoric art occurred by accident. In 1940, four teenage friends were exploring the wo...
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Endorsements: Lyman, Marshall, Yaeger for Long Grove boardMar 24, 2013 5:00 am - Three of the four candidates running for Long Grove village board generally share a vision for the town’s future that squares with the directions the current board has p...
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Endorsement: Yes on tax for Round Lake Park police pensionsMar 24, 2013 5:00 am - For too long, Round Lake Park has let its police pensions fund languish, while the brutal economy continues to hamper what meager opportunities it has to keep the fund h...
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Endorsement: Yes to appointing, not electing, Mundelein village clerkMar 24, 2013 5:00 am - In recent years, Mundelein has seen its village clerk position play a diminishing role, and voters now have the choice of giving the clerk’s office nonelected status. By...