All Stories from September 30, 2013 (Change date)
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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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Mixed-up priorities in ObamacareSep 30, 2013 5:00 am - According to the US Census Bureau’s Population Clock, the population of the United States on Sept. 26 was 316,762,832. Promoters of Obamacare claim it will provide heal...
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Though back pain common, treatments can varySep 30, 2013 5:00 am - Does your back ache? If so, you've got a lot of company. Experts say about 80 percent of us will suffer from lower back pain at some point in our lives. What treatment w...
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Roskam’s effort for more jobs is weakSep 30, 2013 5:00 am - I received a newsletter from my U.S. congressman, Peter Roskam (6th District), all about the unfortunate one-year anniversary of delaying the Keystone XL pipeline permit...
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Wauconda village board meeting could move to high schoolSep 30, 2013 5:00 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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RTA spending more than $670,000 on spin controlSep 30, 2013 5:00 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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How two businesses beat the recession to prosper todaySep 30, 2013 4:40 am - You’d think a veterinary ophthalmologist whose patients range from birds to horses — and include dogs and cats, of course — might not have survived the recession. But pr...
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Some schools let kids, parents anonymously report bullying onlineSep 30, 2013 4:30 am - Online forms that allow students and parents to report bullying are helping officials at some suburban schools deal with a problem that's been in the national spotlight....
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Elgin's Gilliam: Losing is best thing that ever happened to meSep 30, 2013 4:30 am - Former Elgin Councilman Bob Gilliam made history in two significant ways: He was the city's first African-American councilman, and its longest-serving member. Gilliam, w...
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Former students will miss the memories but see value of Gurnee Grade School demolitionSep 30, 2013 3:57 am - Knowing it was the right thing to do helped, but for many who gathered Monday to mark the beginning of the end of the stomping grounds of their youth, the visit to Gurne...