All Stories from September 30, 2013 (Change date)
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RTA spending more than $670,000 on spin controlOct 01, 2013 10:02 am - An August Regional Transportation Authority audit scolded Metra for hiring PR consultants, but the agency isn't practicing what it preaches. Records show the RTA has sp...
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Weekend in Review: Body found; suburbs prep for ObamacareSep 30, 2013 4:22 pm - Local doctor keeps Blackhawks healthy on ice Michael Terry's name appears in two places on Lord Stanley's Cup — once for each of the Chicago Blackhawks' recent cham...
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Rich could handle a bigger tax shareSep 30, 2013 5:00 am - The Daily Herald printed a “Guest View” on Sept. 6 by Ben VanMetre of the Illinois Policy Institute, which the Herald characterized as a free market think tank. The IPI ...
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Donations of time, materials appreciatedSep 30, 2013 5:00 am - On Sept. 7 a wonderful event took place in Carpentersville. Several groups of great volunteers painted the homes and garages of senior citizens, two of whom are veterans...
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Preservationists honored for saving Pure Oil building in GenevaSep 30, 2013 6:44 pm - Great things can start with the most routine actions — like checking what's going to be on the agenda of local government board meetings. Members of Preservation Partner...
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Headline didn’t portray story’s main pointSep 30, 2013 5:00 am - I was disappointed in a headline written for the Page 6 continuation of the story, “25 years of ministry,” found in Sept. 20’s paper. The front-page subhead said, “How H...
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Hultgren's dilemma: Derail Obamacare or keep government runningOct 01, 2013 7:12 am - Congressman Randy Hultgren says he is deeply torn between two mandates from his constituents: Fighting Obamacare and keeping the federal government open for business. H...
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New policy exposes liberals’ hypocrisySep 30, 2013 5:00 am - Anyone see the statement from Popular Science magazine that they have stopping taking comments from readers because there is a “politically motivated rise in people ques...
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Wauconda village board meeting could move to high schoolOct 01, 2013 4:57 am - Anticipating a larger-than-usual audience, Wauconda officials may move Tuesday's village board meeting to the local high school. The preparations, Mayor Frank Bart said,...
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Urgent care centers an alternative to ERSep 30, 2013 5:00 am - When people are sick or injured, many go straight to hospital emergency rooms, where the average wait time is nearly an hour and average visit time is more than four hou...