Long Grove Opinion
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The diversity in our neighborhoodsFeb 20, 2011 12:00 am - The numbers tell a dramatic story. In DuPage County, the white population has actually fallen in the past 10 years, a decline of 6 percent, according to the U.S. Census ...
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The Soapbox: Good citizensFeb 18, 2011 12:00 am - Fearing retribution, witnesses sometimes keep quiet about gang-related crimes. Residents of an apartment complex in Prospect Heights deserve credit for steering police t...
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You can make dent in $14 trillion debtFeb 17, 2011 11:00 pm - When your credit card hits its $2,000 limit, the credit card company generally responds not with a firm letter telling you to stop spending more money than you make, but...
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Innovation and school consolidationFeb 17, 2011 10:00 pm - The suburbs are home to loads of public school systems. Just under 300 of them, all told, located here in the six-county area around Chicago. That represents about a thi...
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Law unfair to home schoolingFeb 17, 2011 12:00 am - State Sen. Edward Maloney, a Chicago Democrat, has introduced SB136, which would require non-public school students to register annually with the state. This would affec...
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Rollback would benefit insurance companiesFeb 17, 2011 12:00 am - The Affordable Care Act provides Americans with more freedom and control in their health care choices. It gives families freedom from worrying about losing their insura...
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Fight to stop medical potFeb 15, 2011 11:00 pm - Illinois must not become the 16th state to legalize medical marijuana. Legalization of medical marijuana in Illinois would contradict the position taken against l...
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Health care repeal would be setbackFeb 15, 2011 11:00 pm - Congressional Republicans, intent on health care repeal, claim to speak “for the American people.” Yet, the GOP repeatedly ignores current polling showing that only 18 p...
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The urgency of this scary fish storyFeb 15, 2011 12:00 am - This isn’t the first time concerns have been raised about an invasive species threatening Lake Michigan and the Great Lakes. Over the years, ecologists, biologists and f...
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Obama fiddles with America’s futureFeb 14, 2011 11:00 pm - In light of the recent uprising in Egypt and Yemen, the United States is now like the Broadway character in “Fiddler on the Roof.” Our oil supply is in danger and ab...