Editorials
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Editorial: We're rooting for Sears to come back from the brinkJan 17, 2019 10:00 pm - Sears chairman Eddie Lampert has ensured that the company's stores will live to fight another day. By bidding a reported $5.2 billion, he prevailed in the bankruptcy auc...
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Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials
Jan 16, 2019 6:00 am - Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Jan. 15 The Des Moines Register on Congressman Steve King: Congressman Steve King should resign. He ...
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The Soapbox: 'Tis the season, alwaysJan 16, 2019 12:00 am - 'Tis the season ... always Happened upon the following in a horoscope: If you look for the good in everything and everyone, you will do well. So much more than a fo...
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Editorial: Pritzker's plan to match top staffers' salary is problematicJan 16, 2019 12:00 am - J.B. Pritzker made waves in the days before his inauguration with the announcement that he plans to match salaries for top staffers with his own money. The move would ap...
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Editorial: Amid sorrow, we stand in awe of those who step in to save othersJan 15, 2019 10:00 pm - From time to time we use this space to laud and thank those who act solely for the good of others. The news of this week begs for us to do so again. Amid stories of grie...
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Editorial: Protect yourself from the flu - get a shotJan 15, 2019 12:00 am - Maybe you were so busy during the last three months, you didn't get flu shots for yourself and your family. Work was crazy, the weeks leading up to the holidays were a n...
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Editorial: The dawn of Gov. PritzkerJan 12, 2019 1:00 pm - It would be fair to characterize our endorsement last October of J.B. Pritzker's candidacy for governor as tepid. That endorsement was more a repudiation of Bruce Rauner...
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Editorial: Removing old tollway board is just the first stepJan 10, 2019 10:00 pm - With signals from Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker, the General Assembly has fast-tracked a measure to, quoting one state senator, "fumigate" the Illinois Tollway Board of Direc...
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Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials
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Editorial: Decision to delay Boomers stadium work saves millionsJan 08, 2019 10:00 pm - Taxpayers often complain that if government can spend their money, government will. That's not always the case. Take for instance the 20-year-old Schaumburg Boomers base...