Park Ridge Opinion
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State, not county, should manage minimum wageJun 18, 2017 1:00 am - Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle made a comment this past week about suburban communities who've opted out of Cook County's minimum wage hike and paid sick l...
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Values, not home, drove push for minimum wage hikeMay 26, 2017 1:00 am - I appreciate the kind words regarding my stewardship of Cook County that begin a recent Daily Herald editorial. Since taking office in December 2010, my administration h...
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Editorial: How Preckwinkle lost suburbs on minimum wageMay 18, 2017 1:00 am - As we've noted in this space plenty of times before, there is much that impresses us about Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle. She has introduced discipline in...
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Suburbs should not opt out of employee protectionsApr 28, 2017 1:00 am - By Toni Preckwinkle Guest columnist Economic development has been a priority for my administration since I took office in 2010. Recently, the Wall Street Journal recogn...
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Funds transferred from needy to militaryApr 24, 2017 1:00 am - With each new administration, there is a new agenda, a new direction, a new ideal. This incoming administration is calling for a turnover of $19 billion in drastic redu...
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Endorsements: Owen, Lee, Coyle, Austriaco for Maine Township Dist. 207Mar 19, 2017 1:00 am - The original version of this article misspelled Carla Owen's name. Four seats are open for Maine Township High School District 207 and five candidates are running. ...
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Township candidate has background of successMar 13, 2017 1:00 am - It is election season, time to get out and vote. Sometimes, it may be difficult to choose between candidates, so I want to share my experience that I had with Kimberly J...
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Endorsements: Burns, Kotowski for Oakton Community CollegeMar 12, 2017 1:00 am - Four candidates are seeking two six-year seats on the Oakton Community College board to replace two incumbents not seeking re-election. The four - Martha Burns, Carmina ...
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Editorial: New Twitter episodes show harm of ridicule, value of compassionJan 23, 2017 10:00 pm - Dathan Paterno has resigned from the school board of Park Ridge-Niles Elementary School District 64, and he wasn't planning to run for re-election this April anyway, so ...
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Why sweetened beverage tax is OKNov 09, 2016 11:01 pm - Cook County is facing a health crisis. Rates of chronic illnesses like heart disease, diabetes and obesity are skyrocketing, and the health of our families and future ge...