Columns
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How not taxing retirees' income costs IllinoisAug 02, 2017 5:30 am - The newly increased 4.95 percent Illinois income tax will cost about $822 a year more for a family of three making $75,000. But a retiree living off $75,000 in pension a...
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Feder: Hosea Sanders 'excited to return' to ABC 7Aug 02, 2017 1:00 am - Longtime WLS-Channel 7 news anchor Hosea Sanders, who's been out since February for treatment of prostate cancer, returned to the ABC-owned station Wednesday, Robert Fed...
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How retirement income became exempt from state taxAug 02, 2017 1:00 am - So unpopular was the Illinois' income tax that it cost Gov. Richard Ogilvie his job. It was one of the first major pieces of legislation approved by the new Republican g...
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Buyer remorse sets in for flyover country Trump votersAug 02, 2017 1:00 am - Out here in flyover country, you can't hardly go by the feed store without running into a reporter doing one of those Wisdom of the Heartland stories. Seems like they co...
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York: Democrats unfairly keep Nunes off Russia probeAug 01, 2017 11:00 pm - In early April, news reports were filled with word that House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes had recused himself from the committee's Russia investigation. ...
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Parker: Who can save us from ourselves?Aug 01, 2017 11:00 pm - By Kathleen Parker Insidious is the force that causes us to dream of things we wish (or don't wish) were so. Thus, on the eve of this column's creation, I dreamt of Don...
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Sound check: Release party for Kevin Andrew Prchal at FitzGerald'sAug 01, 2017 6:00 am - New folk from Kevin Andrew Prchal Naperville native Kevin Andrew Prchal brings a laid-back, Americana air with his third full-length album, "Love & Summer." The rousing ...
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Cooking On Deadline: When you're looking for a little zing, try Deviled BurgersAug 01, 2017 6:00 am - Some good ground beef, preferably not too lean (when making burgers, fat is our friend), and a generous sprinkling of salt and pepper is all you need to make a fine burg...
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Playing dead in 'Neon Demon' gave IMSA grad her biggest role yetAug 01, 2017 5:30 am - “I like to think I'm the best dead girl in Hollywood,” Cody Renee Cameron said. She could be right. In Nicolas Winding Refn's controversial 2016 horror film “The Neon De...
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Constable: Life serves up 'sandwich generation' stressAug 01, 2017 5:30 am - "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." - Ferris Bueller in John Hughes' classic 1986 movie, "Ferris Bueller's Da...