Columns
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For Small Business Week, Better Business Bureau reveals top scams targeting business ownersMay 03, 2025 1:07 pm - No business is immune to scams — but small businesses, in particular, can be easy targets. Staying informed is your best defense.
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O’Donnell: NFL will add spring to its list of American sports conquestsMay 03, 2025 10:00 am - ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA, the grand trifecta of a classic sports spring was Major League Baseball's Opening Day, the Masters and the Kentucky Derby. The public said so...
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Lincicome: Pardon me, but Pete Rose really doesn’t need oneMay 03, 2025 10:00 am - How it is that Pete Rose has found further humiliation may need the asterisk, if not handy parenthesis, to explain his time in baseball and beyond. His was a case at rest, as is Rose himself, revived on a Presidential whim, along with tariffs and insurrectionists.
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‘Never asked to be a part of this somber club’: Illinois honors fallen police officersMay 03, 2025 4:00 am - Illinois ceremony honors nine officers killed on duty in 2024. Speakers call for tougher laws for criminals out on electronic monitoring who harm police.
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Stratton’s top priority in Senate campaign: Fighting back against TrumpMay 03, 2025 4:00 am - Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton announces 2026 Senate bid, pledges to fight Trump policies and focus on kitchen table issues.
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Plan to overhaul higher education funding meets U of I oppositionMay 02, 2025 12:35 pm - A proposed Illinois public university funding formula aims to distribute $1.7B over 10-15 years based on need, but the U of I system objects as it would get only 28% of new funding.
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Why tariffs won’t fix America’s work-attachment problemMay 02, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Veronique de Rugy:
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The Trump disaster: Pride in prejudiceMay 02, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Susan Estrich: The Trump chaos continues: Hegseth attacked women's rights program to distract from his leak. Trump revels in firing civil servants. Education Department investigates Harvard Law Review over alleged bias in article selection based on two students' comments.
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Arlington Heights actor reflects on enduring legacy of ‘Draft Day’May 01, 2025 6:07 pm - Buffalo Grove High School graduate Pat Healy talks about his memorable role in “Draft Day,” and what makes the film endure a decade later.
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Silvy: The offseason is done, now Bears have to show they can succeed on the fieldMay 01, 2025 6:00 am - The day new coach Ben Johnson walked into the Bears facility, he told the staff that it was time to get to work and he hasn’t backed down since. Every time the new head coach has spoken, he has sent messages that his staff is conducting business differently, and that’s a good thing.