Columns
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Newsom's trolling of Trump is good for a laugh, but not much elseSep 02, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Ruben Navarrette:
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Why Team Trump wants to deport Abrego GarciaSep 02, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Debra J. Saunders:
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‘Edgy’ Tim: Who are the Glue Guys on area prep football teams?Aug 31, 2025 5:32 pm - “Edgy” Tim O’Halloran looks at a handful of Glue Guys on area prep football teams this season.
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Naperville’s O’Reilly shows off a big leg at NorthwesternAug 31, 2025 10:00 am - Northwestern University freshman soccer player Aaron O’Reilly, a Naperville Central graduate, registered a goal and an assist in his first two collegiate games, earning Big Ten Conference honors.
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A premature claim on National Guard deployment in ChicagoAug 31, 2025 4:00 am - In this week’s Facts Matter column, Bob Oswald examines claims that Donald Trump had already deployed National Guard troops to Chicago last week, someone changed the U.S. Constitution without going through Congress and more.
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Flag burning: Trump's latest, dangerous, stuntAug 31, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Susan Estrich: A court challenge to Trump’s executive order on flag burning would be an opportunity to ask the court to overrule precedents that protect political speech from the suppression of a dictator.
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Iowa is one state that gets redistricting rightAug 31, 2025 4:00 am - Guest columnist Keith Peterson: Iowa's nonpartisan redistricting process should be a model for other states to ensure fair congressional maps not distorted by gerrymandering for partisan gain.
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Blame high taxes, excessive regulations for businesses fleeing IllinoisAug 30, 2025 12:45 pm - Illinois has a remarkable entrepreneurial spirit, but too many of our businesses don’t stay. In the past several years, companies including Takeda, Caterpillar, Highland Ventures and Tyson have all fled Illinois’ suburbs and moved their headquarters out of state.
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DCFS timeline shows no abuse reports on foster child until her deathAug 30, 2025 4:00 am - A timeline released by DCFS shows foster child McKenzi Felmlee had questionable oversight before her death, with frequent changes in caseworkers and accusations of abuse and neglect.
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Hundreds of police departments use camera company accused of breaking state lawAug 30, 2025 4:00 am - An automatic license plate reader company used by hundreds of police departments around Illinois broke state law by allowing federal border enforcement officers to access Illinois license plate camera data, according to Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias.