Editorials
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Editorial: Community colleges help students find jobs on the road and in the trades.Mar 23, 2017 1:00 am - We in the suburbs take great pride in our schools with their high test scores, low dropout rates and the numbers of kids who go on to college. We celebrate our STEM prog...
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Editorial: Listen to agencies that would feel consequences of Hoffman Estates developmentMar 22, 2017 11:00 pm - The acronym TIF refers to a conversation-stopping tax strategy that is not easy to understand but can have direct consequences for communities, schools, parks, libraries...
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Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials
Mar 22, 2017 7:00 am - Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ March 22 The Detroit News on U.S. Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch: After two days of often hostil...
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Endorsement: Yes to increase taxes for Fox River & Countryside Fire/Rescue DistrictMar 22, 2017 1:00 am - Faced with the expectation that ever-rising charges to contract with St. Charles for service would soon leave it insolvent, the Fox River & Countryside Fire/Rescue Distr...
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Endorsement: Yes to more open space in Kane CountyMar 22, 2017 1:00 am - Kane County Forest Preserve District leaders are asking voters April 4 to approve $50 million in loans to buy about 2,000 to 2,500 acres at locations to be determined la...
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Endosement: Yes to merge Lisle, Naperville township road districtsMar 22, 2017 1:00 am - The idea of consolidating governmental services is usually a good one, and that's why we look kindly on the April 4 referendum question seeking to merge the Lisle and Na...
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Endorsement: Rezwanul Haque for StreamwoodMar 22, 2017 1:00 am - Rezwanul Haque and Lawrence Schmidt are write-in candidates for the two-year Streamwood village board seat that once belonged to Trustee Guy Patterson, who died in June ...
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Endorsement: Yes to eliminate Hanover Township Road District and highway commissionerMar 22, 2017 1:00 am - One of the biggest roadblocks to consolidation in Illinois' complex and bloated aggregation of government bodies is the reluctance of the bodies themselves to surrender ...
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Endorsement: Yes to address crowding at Hawthorn Elementary District 73Mar 22, 2017 1:00 am - Growing pains, already severe, appear to be a fact of life for the foreseeable future at Hawthorn Elementary District 73, based in Vernon Hills, so the district is comin...
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Endorsement: Yes on Wheaton-Warrenville District 200 construction projectsMar 22, 2017 1:00 am - Four years ago, Wheaton Warrenville Unit District 200 asked voters to approve a $17.6 million property tax increase to finance construction of a new Jefferson Early Chil...