All Stories from May 23, 2014 (Change date)
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First do the cutting, then talk about taxesMay 23, 2014 5:01 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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Use cameras to track trains at crossingsMay 23, 2014 5:01 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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The real question is spendingMay 23, 2014 5:01 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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Editorial: IHSA hearings need to stay focusedMay 23, 2014 5:01 am - Amid a series of legislative hearings targeting its finances and operations, the IHSA is pumping up the defense. What organization wouldn't, when a lawmaker alleges suc...
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President continues to hide the truthMay 23, 2014 5:01 am - The president, during a news conference April 17, said that 35 percent of the people enrolled in Obamacare were under the age of 35. He also said that 8 million had sign...
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What it's like to sky dive indoors in RosemontMay 23, 2014 5:00 am - 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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Why Madigan can't get votes for tax hikeMay 23, 2014 5:00 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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Mount Prospect chamber finds new home after fireMay 23, 2014 5:00 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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Power ranking the X-Men movies on the way to 'Future Past'May 23, 2014 5:00 am - "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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Chicago man pleads guilty to Palatine phone store robberyMay 23, 2014 1:01 am - A 21-year-old Chicago man was sentenced to 12 years in prison for the May 2013 robbery of a Palatine Verizon Wireless store. Lavell Fort pleaded guilty Wednesday to the...