Volo Opinion
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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...
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Many people rely on health care reformFeb 14, 2011 11:00 pm - Please fight to stop the attempts to repeal health care reform. This may be the only option some families have to get necessary coverage for their children. I am one of ...
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Tea party pushes ill-conceived cutsFeb 14, 2011 10:00 pm - The Tea Party-inspired plan to cut $61 billion in spending moved South Carolina Republican Representative Tim Scott to proclaim. “$100 billion is $100 billion is $100 bi...
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Graduates need health coverageFeb 13, 2011 11:00 pm - My two grandsons just graduated college and if it were not for the new health care law that just passed, they would be without health care until they find a full-time jo...
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Poor snow removal is unacceptableFeb 13, 2011 11:00 pm - I live in Round Lake and work in Elk Grove Village. On my regular commute, I travel on a wide variety of local, county and state roads. During the past snowstorm, I thou...