DuPage County Opinion
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How heroin series led to mental health projectMay 24, 2015 6:00 am - Inspiration to launch an in-depth project on mental health crystallized for Marie Wilson while covering a heroin forum in Naperville. A counselor at Linden Oaks Behavior...
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Disputes settled on playground with fistsMay 22, 2015 6:01 am - How times have changed. In the news recently a boy was arrested on charges of carrying a knife to school. When we were boys we carried knives to school all the time. All...
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Don't blame teachers for pension messMay 21, 2015 5:27 am - We teachers work hard to earn our pensions. For over 30 years, I paid 9% of every paycheck into the Teacher Retirement System (TRS). Since 1940, teachers and districts ...
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Police need some riot gearMay 21, 2015 5:27 am - Obama's plan to reduce the transfer of military equipment to local law enforcement will ease the tensions between police and minorities. No longer will minorities feel l...
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Will public pensions be taxed?May 21, 2015 5:27 am - I was just reading this morning about a plan to tax retiree pension payments to offset the debt problems in Illinois. The question arose in my mind as to whether publi...
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Public works staffs are unsung heroesMay 21, 2015 1:00 am - National Public Works Week runs through May 23. It's a great time to thank the many public works men and women who keep our communities healthy, safe and on the move. T...
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End pension sweetener for teachersMay 21, 2015 1:00 am - It could be a rough year for negotiating teacher contracts, if Indian Prairie Unit District 204 is any indication. Teachers overwhelmingly spurned a contract that includ...
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When do black lives really matter?May 19, 2015 11:00 pm - In Chicago, a person is shot every four minutes and one is murdered every 23 minutes. Of the 646 shootings, 76 percent (491) of the victims were black and 77 percent (49...
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These principles are hardly extremeMay 19, 2015 12:01 am - I am writing in response to Mark Anderson's letter which appeared in the May 3 Daily Herald. The website referenced in his letter is not the official website for the or...
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Pension plans that can't be sustainedMay 19, 2015 12:01 am - Pension plans that can't be sustained The Illinois Supreme Court decision to strike down the 2013 pension law coupled with the recent decision that post-retirement ...