Columns
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Syndicated columnist Veronique de Rugy: More entitlement red flags as politicians tout inactionApr 12, 2023 1:00 am - Republicans and Democrats have been tripping over each other to tell voters how committed they are to making zero changes to Social Security and Medicare. Meanwhile, the...
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Tipping points for diners, servers and restaurantsApr 12, 2023 1:00 am - How you feel about tipping has a lot to do with who you are. If you're the one paying the bill, you think about tips differently than the person who is bringing you you...
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Birth of a trail: Different agencies team up to choose site, survey and come up with plan for new biking trailApr 11, 2023 6:00 am - Editor's note: This is the second of a three-part series titled Birth of a Trail. Part 1 ran March 28. In part three, CAMBr volunteers build the trail. In 2015, the Chic...
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Meet Norbert, the skateboard-riding pig who really may have trained his ownerApr 11, 2023 5:00 am - Vince Baran is living his dream, and his wife, Alicen, is along for the ride. Fueling it, in part, is the Buffalo Grove couple's personable pet pig Norbert, whose skateb...
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Syndicated columnist Mark Munro Dion: Prepare for a new wave of Lost Cause iconographyApr 11, 2023 1:00 am - I can see it now. If former President Donald Trump loses again, or if he wins and gets whapped with the 25th Amendment, the iconography of The Lost Cause, applied so suc...
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Syndicated columnist Michael Barone: Trump indictment is bad law, smart politicsApr 11, 2023 1:00 am - What do you do to win an election when your candidate is universally known and unpopular with a majority of voters? That's a question both major parties have had to face...
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Neighbors in the news: Glenview park commissioner reelected to state boardApr 10, 2023 11:00 pm - • Bill Casey, commissioner of the Glenview Park District, was reelected vice chairman of the Illinois Association of Park Districts' (IAPD) board of trustees. As vice c...
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State awards grants to support bilingual educator pipelineApr 10, 2023 5:30 am - The Illinois State Board of Education has awarded more than $5 million in grants to support the bilingual educator pipeline. The number of English learners enrolled in ...
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Builder makes excuses for squeaky floorsApr 09, 2023 6:00 am - Q: Floors that squeak and groan. That's what we've got in our newly built home. We've asked the builder to do something about this, but he says: "It's normal." Can you b...
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Good News Sunday: A 91-year-old Schaumburg runner won best in his class at Shamrock ShuffleApr 09, 2023 6:00 am - This is Good News Sunday, a compilation of some of the more upbeat and inspiring stories published recently by the Daily Herald: As a runner, Iggy Cascio is nearly in a ...