Columns
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New research shows what a Child Tax Credit would mean for Illinois’ families and economyJan 30, 2024 8:27 am - Last month, I noted that Illinois recently has experienced positive economic developments but we are falling behind on the issue of child poverty, which has more than dou...
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Suburban charity calls on churches this Lenten season to help fund clinic farms in UgandaJan 29, 2024 5:29 pm - About 10 years ago, Our Lady of the Wayside parish in Arlington Heights sent Deacon Don Grossnickle on a mission to Uganda. Grossnickle’s fundraising to establish a farm that would support a surgery clinic there received generous community support. Grossnickle and his foundation are now calling on suburban churches to help raise enough money to open 10 more clinic farms in 2024.
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Neighbors in the News: Stephanie Stallman named principal at Poe Elementary SchoolJan 29, 2024 12:26 pm - Community Consolidated School District 21 has named Stephanie Stallman the new principal of Edgar A. Poe Elementary School, Arlington Heights, effective July 1.
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How much property taxes per person does it cost to run your town?Jan 28, 2024 7:47 am - Property taxes used to fund daily operations of suburban municipalities have climbed an average of $44 per resident from 10 years ago. In at least nine suburbs, the amoun...
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Grammar Moses: I won’t buffalo you. We monkey with animal names all the timeJan 28, 2024 6:00 am - Last week I wrote about animal names that also can be used as verbs. Merriam-Webster came up with a list of nine: ferret, fox, ape, parrot, weasel, rat, badger, snipe and...
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Harbaugh’s football dreams still coming trueJan 28, 2024 6:00 am - My question to Jim Harbaugh came to me when, to my surprise, he suddenly was squeezing past me in the Raiders press box. I had no idea Harbaugh was Oakland’s quarterback ...
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Jim O'Donnell: Bleak daily double with Romo and Olsen calling NFL conference title gamesJan 28, 2024 6:00 am - IN A MORE PERFECT AMERICA, a gallon of gas would once again cost 39 cents, Texas would revert to being an independent republic and Jo Koy would be put on a global lif...
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Biden didn’t tell voters not to voteJan 28, 2024 6:00 am - Shortly before the Jan. 23 primary, some New Hampshire voters received a robocall suggesting they stay away from the polls. That call appeared to come from President Joe ...
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Liz Weston: Retiring wasn’t easy — even after years of writing about itJan 28, 2024 5:03 am - A couple of years ago, I wrote a column about how to have a retirement worth saving for. It ended with a quote from personal finance educator Barbara O’Neill, who reflect...
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Good News Sunday: 100-year-old Suburban Ghost Army vet to receive Congressional Gold MedalJan 28, 2024 5:00 am - This is Good News Sunday, a compilation of some of the more upbeat and inspiring stories published by the Daily Herald during the previous week: Hoffman Estates resident ...