Northfield
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Can lost jobs ever be brought back?Feb 25, 2012 5:00 am - This month we are celebrating some good news. Unemployment has dropped to 8.3 percent and 250,000 jobs were added. But now, the bad news that Obama doesn’t want you to k...
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Salary bumps for educators must stopFeb 25, 2012 5:00 am - Before a recent Illinois pension law targeting pay spiking went into effect, many school districts awarded upward of 20 percent salary increases in each of the final yea...
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Give immigrants a military optionFeb 25, 2012 5:00 am - Most people would think that the DREAM Act is a program to help Americans achieve a certain goal, but that is far from the truth. The DREAM Act is to help people who bro...
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Planned Parenthood deserves U.S. investigationFeb 25, 2012 5:00 am - For years, Planned Parenthood, a woman’s nonprofit health care provider, with 840 health centers in America, has enjoyed an exalted status partly because of a simpatico ...
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Telemarketers more honest than politiciansFeb 25, 2012 5:00 am - I see our federal representatives are once again attempting to rein an industry I find annoying: telemarketing. That’s good! Unfortunately, once again they have carved t...
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Wealthy Democrats have own agendaFeb 25, 2012 5:00 am - Increase taxes on the wealthy? This idea will not pass because if the Democrats had wanted to do this they could have when they had the majority in the House and Senate....
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Temple Chai hosting bone marrow driveFeb 25, 2012 4:30 am - Inspired by a young member of the congregation, Temple Chai in Long Grove is hosting a bone marrow registry drive on Sunday and asking residents to sign up for the list....
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Park Ridge-to-Barrington bike path plannedFeb 25, 2012 4:30 am - The Northwest Municipal Conference has completed plans for a 20-mile bike path route along Northwest Highway from Park Ridge to Barrington. But the time needed to collec...
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Elgin leaders talk diversity, education and imageFeb 25, 2012 4:30 am - Elgin’s image, educational options and lack of diversity among staff were the hot topics of a Friday afternoon session during which city leaders discussed strategic goal...
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Snow falls more lopsided from town to townFeb 25, 2012 4:30 am - Less than 30 miles separate Mundelein from O'Hare International Airport, and yet the Lake County suburb was pummeled by an 8.2-inch snowfall while plows removed just 2.6...