Prospect Heights Opinion
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Marriage is a civil, not religious contractJul 11, 2015 1:00 am - I hope this will be the last time that I shall have to point out to Mr. Jim Finnegan and all those who think of marriage in the USA as a religious contract. On the contr...
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Editorial: Sales tax increase still a bad idea for Cook CountyJul 07, 2015 1:00 am - If anyone has earned the credibility to justify revisiting a sales tax increase in Cook County, it's Toni Preckwinkle. In almost five years at the helm of the county boa...
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We must always be open to new evidenceJul 01, 2015 1:00 am - To those who insist that global warming is real, humans cause it and the debate is over: The business of science is to continuously explore eternally open questions. A ...
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Editorial: More innovation from community colleges, NIUJun 14, 2015 11:00 pm - Community colleges may still have a way to go before establishing their own four-year degree programs, but five suburban community colleges took a step last week that es...
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Keeping facts straight on teacher pensionsJun 13, 2015 1:00 am - Greg Stimpson's May 30 comments on Christine Eggert's May 22 letter regarding teacher pensions requires a few corrections. First, he implied that teachers' personal pe...
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Editorial: The Cook County sheriff's deputies' Super Bowl abuse of sick timeJun 09, 2015 11:00 pm - Few of us begrudge the extra costs - even the sometimes substantial extra costs - that accompany a professional sports championship. The planning. The ticker tape parade...
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Honest mistake, dishonest replyJun 07, 2015 1:00 am - While David Filar in his June 2 letter was expressing amusement over Wally Degner's temperature statistics put forth in his May 24 letter, I was fuming, knowing Degner's...
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Saturday Soapbox: The road less traveled is marked by orange barrelsJun 06, 2015 1:00 am - The NFL, Hawks and LeBron: Remember when people used to talk about baseball all year round? Our sea of roadwork: We haven't done the math, but it seems like th...
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Editorial: New tools are available on government spending; use themMay 31, 2015 11:00 pm - Analyzing Kane County government spending became easier Monday with the launch of a new web portal that officials say provides "unprecedented access to Kane County's fin...
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Editorial: Local schools, colleges should be controlled locally, not in SpringfieldMay 27, 2015 11:00 pm - Legislators' efforts to meddle in the affairs of local community college districts stalled Friday and for all the right reasons. Liz Brown, of the Illinois Council of Co...