Columns
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The Green Party's Jill Stein, a good friend of the environment and a better friend of RussiaMay 29, 2024 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Keith Raffel:
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Signaling your approach: Bicycle safety should rank top-of-mind for all ridersMay 28, 2024 6:08 am - With warmer weather and more cyclists hitting the roadways, safety should rank top-of-mind for anyone sharing traffic with vehicles of greater mass and speed.
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Neighbors in the news: The Oaks at Bartlett welcomes new executive directorMay 28, 2024 6:00 am - The Oaks at Bartlett, a senior living community, has welcomed Joan Peterson as executive director.
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Trumpland uber allesMay 27, 2024 8:14 pm - Syndicated columnist Marc Munroe Dion: I had a boss once, not a big boss, a little boss, the kind of boss you see every day. And this boss and I disliked each other in the way two cats dislike each other if you put them in the same pillowcase.
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Remembering the civil rights legacy of the Rev. William LawsonMay 27, 2024 8:03 pm - Syndicated columnist Jessica A. Johnson:
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Brew and boos: Hostile return home just part of Counsell’s ‘ride of life’May 27, 2024 5:59 pm - The Brewers are doing well without him, but Cubs manager Craig Counsell was booed loudly during his return to Milwaukee on Monday.
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The NCAA watched its model crumble. Is it ready to build something better?May 27, 2024 6:00 am - That college sports aren’t what they once were — students going out for teams, pulling on the school colors and playing for their classmates and alumni — has been obvious...
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Diamond in the rough or money pit? Metra board chagrined at costs of warehouse ‘fiasco’May 26, 2024 3:35 pm - Buying an empty warehouse in Harvey for $7 million to store Metra materials in 2020 seemed like a good investment. But the building is problematic, Metra’s poured millions into it and one official called it a “fiasco.”
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Summer advocacy season begins as legislative session endsMay 26, 2024 5:51 am - The last few weeks of Illinois’ legislative session are always frenetic as politicians and stakeholders advocate to pass and block legislation, and have their priorities included in the budget.
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Good News Sunday: California woman coming to Arlington Heights to honor soldier killed in VietnamMay 25, 2024 9:37 pm - In this week’s Good News Sunday column, we recap stories about a woman traveling cross-country to honor a veteran she’s never met, a fire department welcoming a new comfort dog, and Girl Scouts pitching in to restore a butterfly garden.