Columns
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Getting us cheapJun 10, 2024 11:25 am - Syndicated columnist Marc Munroe Dion: A few years ago, if you were making just a breath over $20 an hour, you could consider yourself lower-middle class if your husband made at least as much.
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Facts Matter: Trump called for Clinton to be jailedJun 10, 2024 6:16 am - In this week’s Facts Matter column, Bob Oswald examines claims that Donald Trump never called for Hillary Clinton to be jailed, the Kansas City Chiefs canceled a Pearl Jam concert and more.
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Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese are keeping calm amid the chaosJun 10, 2024 6:00 am - The whirlwind ended here in Washington. With it came the barrel-chested bodyguards, the proliferation of girls with box braids one night, then the battalion of girls with...
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‘They were skeptical’: Hersey grad found niche at VillanovaJun 10, 2024 6:00 am - Hersey graduate Jack Fredian recently ran the 11th-fastest time in Villanova history in the 10,000 meters.
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Good News Sunday: Cute, colorful bug sculptures on display in NapervilleJun 09, 2024 6:00 am - In this week’s Good News Sunday column, we recap stories about colorful bug statues in downtown Naperville, a Schaumburg fifth-grader who excelled at a national science competition, and a Wheeling woman credited with saving her neighbor’s life.
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FTC’s landmark rule prohibiting noncompetes set for September amid lawsuitsJun 09, 2024 5:50 am - In a landmark decision on April 23, the Federal Trade Commission banned the use of noncompete clauses in employment agreements, set to take effect Sept. 4. As expected, ...
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HR Houdini: How human resource managers handle latest workforce trendsJun 09, 2024 5:47 am - The last five years have been quite a century for people who work in human resources. At least that must be how it feels to those who chose the profession. So much uncert...
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Rushed pension reform will hurt businesses, residentsJun 09, 2024 5:39 am - Last month, the Illinois General Assembly passed a $53.1 billion budget, the state’s largest ever and $400 million higher than Gov. J.B. Pritzker pushed for in February. ...
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Pritzker sidelines Illinois in Biden’s long nuclear playJun 08, 2024 2:45 pm - Guest columnists Madison Hilly and Alan Medsker: On May 31, Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm called for the construction of hundreds of large nuclear reactors in a speech at the Vogtle nuclear power plant in Georgia. With the completion of two new AP1000 reactors, Vogtle 3 and 4, the site is now the largest source of clean energy in America.
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The GOP cynicism on border policyJun 08, 2024 2:30 pm - Guest columnist Keith Peterson: When Donald Trump told Republicans to kill the bipartisan immigration bill — even though its primary author was conservative GOP Senator James Lankford — many Republicans argued that the bill was unnecessary because President Biden had it within his power to fix the border by himself.