Columns
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Business ownership complicates home loan processDec 16, 2018 12:00 am - Thinking about buying a house? Don't call a Realtor, at least not yet. Stop reading the For Sale ads. Hold off on visiting open houses. Instead, call your banker - and a...
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Supreme Court poised to strike a blow against policing for profitDec 16, 2018 12:00 am - In 2015, Tyson Timbs" Land Rover was confiscated by Indiana authorities after he pled guilty to selling $225 of heroin to undercover officers to finance his opiate addic...
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Is the office holiday party a must-do?Dec 16, 2018 12:00 am - Q Almost every year, my office's holiday party is scheduled to take place the weeknight before my biggest deadline of the year. And, as before, I'm planning on skipping ...
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How you begin the day is importantDec 15, 2018 6:00 am - How we start the day is vital to having a successful, happy, and productive day. The better you feel about life and yourself, the better able you are to handle life's ch...
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Grammar Moses: Do you lay like a rug? Chapter and verse on lay/lieDec 15, 2018 12:00 am - Constant reader Ted "Dictionary Man" Utchen writes: "On Page 2 of the Dec. 5 Daily Herald, we see a story headlined, 'Good boy: Sully the service dog visits Bush's caske...
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Facts Matter: Residents leaving Illinois will not be charged a feeDec 15, 2018 12:00 am - A post circulating on Facebook this month said Illinois Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker proposed charging a fee to residents who move out of the state. The post targeting the D...
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How tech workers are fueling a new employee activism movementDec 15, 2018 12:00 am - It was a busy fall for Google workers speaking out against their employer. On Nov. 27, a group of full-time employees and contractors were campaigning to extend new poli...
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Why suburban police have high hopes for new Batman-worthy restraint gadgetDec 14, 2018 4:30 am - Catching bad guys might never be the same. At least that's the hope for police in Aurora, where they're testing a new nonlethal restraint tool they say can safely immobi...
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The American dream comes true for Lake Zurich business ownerDec 14, 2018 12:00 am - Sergio Briseno's first job at the age of 16 was as a dishwasher at Mers Restaurant on Bangs Lake in Wauconda. He has been in restaurants ever since. He worked as a waite...
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Now, it's up to Pritzker to find long-term solutions despite short-term costsDec 14, 2018 12:00 am - After four tumultuous years of dysfunction between Gov. Rauner and the General Assembly, a multitude of difficult challenges await Gov.-elect Pritzker. These challenges ...