Columns
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Area teens raise money, awareness for Leukemia & Lymphoma SocietyFeb 17, 2021 5:00 am - Kelly Robinson of Mount Prospect is in her freshman year at Prospect High School, but already she's tackling big projects. Last month, she assembled a team and launched ...
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Feder: WTTW fires news director Hugo Balta after staff erupts over social mediaFeb 17, 2021 12:00 am - Hugo Balta was forced out Tuesday as news director of WTTW-Channel 11 and executive producer of "Chicago Tonight" following a staff uprising over his use of social media...
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If Greene is the standard, what about Democratic 'kingmaker' Sharpton?Feb 17, 2021 12:00 am - Because of offensive tweets posted by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican, before she won office, House Democrats joined by 11 Republicans voted to strip h...
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Jim O'Donnell: Even Michael Jordan couldn't save an endless Daytona 500Feb 17, 2021 12:00 am - FOR FANS OF NASCAR INCLUSIVITY, last Sunday's Daytona 500 was supposed to be a momentous event. Probably the most momentous stock car happening since Black country singe...
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Growing green: Why Illinois' booming clean tech economy brought us to LibertyvilleFeb 17, 2021 12:00 am - After an exhaustive nationwide search to find a new spot for our headquarters and electric vehicle (EV) charger manufacturing facility, the EVBox Group has settled on a ...
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Support gender equality by joining International Women's Day rideFeb 16, 2021 5:00 am - Get your bikes out of the garage for an early March ride that is all about solidarity. Lombard rider Dawn Piech, founder of International Women's Day Together We Ride ev...
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Constable: Unlike dogs, not every president should have a dayFeb 16, 2021 4:30 am - Festive Americans celebrated Monday's Presidents Day holiday in traditional style - by forgoing mail service and saving up to 50% on best-selling, brand-name mattresses....
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New Bears defensive coordinator Desai credits mainly Fangio for his new jobFeb 16, 2021 12:00 am - When The Who released "Won't Get Fooled Again" it's certain they didn't have Sean Desai or Vic Fangio in mind. It was 1971. And it's not as if the Bears were fooled by C...
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Crucial time for policymakers to support entrepreneursFeb 16, 2021 12:00 am - Perhaps you had a lemonade stand when you were young. For many entrepreneurs, a lemonade stand was their first entrepreneurial venture. This pandemic has cost Illinoisa...
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The Republican Party won't fall apart this time eitherFeb 16, 2021 12:00 am - When you've been consuming and producing political commentary for many years, you get used to certain recurring themes. One is the imminent disappearance or relegation t...