Columns
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Oct 11, 2025 4:00 am - Illinois is on track to run a more than $200 million deficit just three months into the current fiscal year, according to the Governor’s Office of Management and Budget.
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Budzinski warns premiums could double if tax credits aren’t renewedOct 11, 2025 4:00 am - U.S. Rep. Nikki Budzinski said Thursday reopening the federal government will take a bipartisan agreement, but she drew “a red line in the sand” on health care, warning t...
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Electric Wrigley Field gets the W as Cubs dominate Game 4 of NLDS vs. BrewersOct 10, 2025 3:40 pm - After losing the first two games of this series in lopsided fashion, the Cubs are surging after two wins at home: a one-run nail-biter in Game 3 on Wednesday, followed by a 6-0 beatdown Thursday in front of the biggest, loudest crowd of the season at Wrigley Field.
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Paying 'victims' to sueOct 10, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Susan Estrich: There is a special place in hell for phony victims who take money from settlements meant for the legitimate victims of sexual abuse. Ahead of them, however, come the lawyers who make such scams work and pocket as much as half the settlements themselves.
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Shutdown demand won’t lower health care costs; here’s what willOct 10, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Veronique de Rugy: Are Democrats sabotaging efforts to reduce health care costs by insisting on extending the COVID-era Obamacare subsidies? Critics argue the $410 billion move is a massive giveaway to insurance companies that won't address skyrocketing medical costs.
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Leaky garage roof leads to clash between resident and associationOct 10, 2025 2:00 am - Is a townhouse association liable for damage to a resident’s property from a leaky garage roof?
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Which prep football teams have something to prove the last three weeks of the season?Oct 09, 2025 6:08 pm - Which prep football teams have a little something extra to prove heading into the last three weeks of the regular season?
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Illinois should hit the gas on driverless carsOct 09, 2025 4:00 am - Guest columnist Kouri Marshall: With world-class universities and a thriving logistics sector, the Chicago area could lead the Midwest in AV deployment, paving the way for safer, greener and more equitable transportation across the region.
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The meat of newspaper week is in what happens every dayOct 09, 2025 4:00 am - Columnist Jim Slusher: It’s difficult, if not impossible, to summarize why National Newspaper Week is important. That answer comes from the work local journalists do every day.
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The Hughes family tradition continues on the West Chicago sidelinesOct 08, 2025 7:51 pm - Ren Hughes, who with his brother, Dennis, compiled West Chicago football statistics for decades, is no longer with us. He’d be proud with how his daughter, Cindy Macko, has taken his place.