Columns
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Better Business Bureau suggests 5 out-of-the-box ideas to help grow your small businessMar 10, 2024 5:41 am - As a small-business owner, you know that you should constantly grow to succeed in the long term. You also know that small business growth can be challenging, requiring yo...
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Bay Hill takes a new twistMar 09, 2024 8:29 pm - ORLANDO, Florida — The second and third rounds of the Arnold Palmer Invitational couldn’t have been more different. Six players — Shane Lowry, Hideki Matsuyama, Brian Har...
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Grammar Moses: What’s in a name?Mar 09, 2024 4:40 pm - Gib Van Dine often comes up with inspiration for these columns, but it’s ordinarily a germ of an idea. Today, I should share my byline with him. What I like about this on...
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The issue no one talks aboutMar 09, 2024 12:08 pm - What will it take to put the plight of local journalism on the public agenda?
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On the road to the vernal poolsMar 09, 2024 10:19 am - It's Newt Night. Frog Fest. Salamanderpalooza. The temperature is brushing up against 50 where I live, and it's been drizzling for a couple of days. And so, the amphibian...
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A new fiscal commission must heed the lesson of '97Mar 09, 2024 10:12 am - The Republican chairman of the House Budget Committee made news recently by announcing that if his party is serious about changing the fiscal path we are on, they'll have...
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Building a friendship: How Geneva homebuilder, Iraq War veteran bonded during construction of a home with smart technologyMar 08, 2024 6:00 am - When Geneva builder George Havlicek agreed to construct a home for Iraq War veteran Patrick Scrogin through Gary Sinise’s RISE foundation, he didn’t know he’d also be building a lasting friendship with Scrogin.
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Breaking out the crystal ball for the Class 3A, 4A state tourneysMar 08, 2024 6:00 am - It’s time for more predictions, this time for the IHSA Class 3A and 4A semifinals and finals.
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McConnell's Judicial Gamesmanship Clears Path for Trump Second TermMar 08, 2024 4:45 am - Mitch McConnell has announced he will step down from his leadership of Senate Republicans at the end of the year. Democratic Majority Leader Chuck Schumer wished McConnel...
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Post Snoozer Tuesday reflections on what ‘pivotal’ means in politicsMar 07, 2024 3:38 pm - Pundits did not call the 15 primary elections this past week “Snoozer” Tuesday for nothing, Oh, the broadcast media did their best to call the night “pivotal” and, of cou...