All Stories from December 2, 2013 (Change date)
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So many questions still unansweredDec 02, 2013 4:26 pm - Some questions need further explanation in the Herald’s coverage of pension reform: The state is $1 billion short when it comes to pensions. Why does the “reform” need t...
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Take the time to study pension billDec 02, 2013 4:26 pm - The front page on both Thanksgiving and the following day had reporting on the Illinois public pension problem. I find several of the reported issues very disturbing. No...
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Look elsewhere to solve state’s revenue problemDec 02, 2013 4:26 pm - Illinois lawmakers must resist any pressure to tamper with the pensions of schoolteachers in Illinois. I retired in 1994 after 38 years in both high school and college t...
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Court challenge will cost us allDec 02, 2013 4:26 pm - If the Illinois General Assembly passes a pension bill that is not constitutional, it will be settled in the courts. Working and retired people who are affected by this ...
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Editorial: It’s not ‘Goldilocks,’ but pension deal deserves approvalDec 02, 2013 4:11 pm - Opposition to the pension compromise legislation scheduled for a vote today primarily takes one of two forms — either the legislation does too much or it does too little...
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Americans click for deals on Cyber MondayDec 02, 2013 4:08 pm - NEW YORK — Power up and shop. Millions of Americans took advantage of online deals ranging from free shipping to hundreds of dollars off electronics and half-price cloth...
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Track coach from Woodridge pleads guilty to sex abuseDec 02, 2013 4:08 pm - A former Life Time Fitness track trainer known for lavishing his athletes with expensive gifts and trips pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a 16-year-old boy, DuPage Cou...
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Supreme Court won’t stop NY’s Internet taxationDec 02, 2013 4:06 pm - WASHINGTON — On perhaps the busiest online shopping day of the year, the Supreme Court refused to wade into a dispute over state sales taxes for purchases on websites li...
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Stocks fall on disappointing Thanksgiving salesDec 02, 2013 3:46 pm - NEW YORK — The final month of a stellar year for stocks began with a thud. All three major indexes closed lower Monday, the first day of trading in December. Investors s...
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Candlelight service to remember childrenDec 02, 2013 3:35 pm - Submitted by Centegra Health System Children who have died, from conception to shortly after live birth, will be memorialized during Centegra Health System’s annual cand...