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Sep 30, 2024 4:00 am - As another summer of record-breaking high temperatures draws to a close, it is impossible to ignore the urgent need to rapidly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. A new anal...
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Improve your sales in the fourth quarterSep 29, 2024 5:17 am - Regardless of the tax policies after the election, companies need to be mindful of improving their sales going forward for the rest of the year to meet their goals for this year.
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Suburbs shouldn’t impose their own grocery taxesSep 29, 2024 5:13 am - Gov. JB Pritzker attempted some political theater this spring when he and the General Assembly eliminated the statewide grocery tax. It was a hollow victory for taxpayers.
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Walz leaves Trump off his list of union membersSep 28, 2024 5:05 pm - In this week’s Facts Matter column, Bob Oswald examines claims that Americans overseas do not have to prove citizenship in order to vote, JD Vance rents a dog to take with him on appearances and more.
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Jim O’Donnell: Anniversary of Jordan’s Chicago debut a stark contrast to the current local sports malaiseSep 28, 2024 4:30 pm - FORTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK, an NBA rookie named Michael Jordan participated in his first preseason practice with the Bulls. There was no glitzy red carpet at Angel Guardia...
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The best thing Major League Baseball can do in October? Get right to itSep 28, 2024 4:19 pm - Preoccupied with the White Sox seeking a number that will live in infamy, or at least until the Sox break it next year, a few of us have allowed baseball’s second season ...
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The impact of abortion on the November electionSep 28, 2024 3:00 pm - When I was the chief editorial writer for this newspaper in the 1980s, we did not want to touch the issue of abortion if we could help it. The issue was divisive and emot...
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25 years and counting: How Working Bikes provides wheels to those in need locally and across the globeSep 28, 2024 9:01 am - Ever wonder how to route bikes from Mundelein to Malawi? Hampshire to Honduras? Lisle to Lesotho? Chicago-based nonprofit Working Bikes knows how to do just that, shipping over 9,000 used bikes last year.
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WIU hoping to end long losing streak, then keep climbingSep 27, 2024 4:32 pm - This week’s College Football Report focuses on Western Illinois, a successful program that’s fallen on hard times. The Leathernecks hope a conference switch can help end a long losing streak and start an uphill climb.
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50 years of IHSA playoff football: How the 1974 West Chicago Wildcats started it allSep 27, 2024 6:00 am - To celebrate the 50th season of IHSA playoff football, the Daily Herald is looking back at some of our best team. This week we look at the 1974 West Chicago Wildcats.