Columns
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3 big headwinds for Illinois businesses this summerAug 02, 2025 12:22 pm - Summer is a season of opportunity for Illinois businesses, but this year familiar challenges are reemerging that threaten to burden suburban businesses with higher costs and greater uncertainty.
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Prosecutors don’t oppose release of timeline in foster child’s deathAug 02, 2025 4:00 am - The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services for weeks has said it is deferring to local prosecutors in its refusal to release a timeline in the case of an 18-year-old who died in foster care. But local prosecutors, the St. Clair County state’s attorney’s office, say they do not oppose release of the information.
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Illinois State Police: 225 stolen vehicles were recovered in recent anti-theft campaignAug 02, 2025 4:00 am - Illinois police crack down on vehicle theft - 225 stolen vehicles recovered and 15 firearms seized.
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Reick will run for sixth term in Illinois HouseAug 02, 2025 4:00 am - Incumbent Republican lawmaker Steve Reick has announced his bid for a sixth term in Illinois House.
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Kelly leans on experience in Illinois’ Democratic Senate primaryAug 02, 2025 4:00 am - Congresswoman Robin Kelly cites an ability to pass legislation as why voters should choose her in crowded Democratic primary for an open U.S. Senate seat.
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Trump administration requests voter data from Illinois electionsAug 02, 2025 4:00 am - The Trump administration has asked Illinois election officials for a copy of the state’s voter registration database, including sensitive data about individual voters and...
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Democratic anger vs. Trump accomplishmentAug 01, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Byron York: New poll shows voters have more confidence in Republicans than Democrats to handle key issues, despite disapproving of Trump's handling of economy, inflation, tariffs, and foreign policy.
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Malcolm-Jamal Warner's death: A reminder to make the most of our livesAug 01, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Jessica A. Johnson: For my generation, the storylines revolving around Malcolm Jamal-Warner’s character Theo on the ‘Cosby Show’ were awe-inspiring because his character was upstanding and not stereotypical
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Countdown to prep football: Five of the area’s toughest schedulesJul 31, 2025 4:51 pm - Our countdown to high school football continues this week with five of the area’s toughest schedules this season.
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Things you can learn in newspaper stories about something elseJul 31, 2025 4:00 am - Columnist Jim Slusher: From time to time, I like to take off on a routine inspired by the late, great Chicago Sun-Times columnist Sydney J. Harris, who often found the most intriguing facts in unexpected places and compiled them into columns under the theme “things I learned while looking up something else.