Editorials
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Editorial: ‘April surprise’ doesn’t ease long-term needMay 29, 2013 5:00 am - Even people who study Illinois’ financial picture carefully can quickly turn cross-eyed trying to process all the competing numbers. Consider such confusions as: $100 bi...
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Editorial: Ban handheld cellphones for driversMay 28, 2013 5:00 am - Illinois is poised to do the next logical thing in dealing with the ongoing epidemic of distracted driving. And as we have noted numerous times, any effort in this regar...
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Editorial: The thing you must do: rememberMay 26, 2013 5:00 am - Maybe you’ll drive to Grandma’s house. Maybe you’ll watch a parade. Maybe you’ll host a cookout. Maybe you’ll spend a few hours at the opening of the local swimming pool...
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Editorial: Endangered animals are needed for our health, well-beingMay 24, 2013 5:00 am - Sometimes the fate of the smallest critters creates the biggest controversies. Remember the snail darter? The tiny fish that you could fit in the palm of your hand lived...
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Editorial: Get involved to put fairness in state balance of powerMay 23, 2013 5:00 am - Analysis of the 2011 legislative cartography that may have ensured a decade of virtual one-party rule in Illinois is an exercise in both dark humor and futility. For dar...
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Editorial: Wanted: Creative tools to stimulate job growthMay 22, 2013 5:00 am - The list of critical issues facing Illinois is complex and daunting. You can start with pension reform and the mounting state deficit and work your way through medical m...
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Editorial: Build the pedestrian bridge — quicklyMay 21, 2013 5:00 am - The bike trail that winds through Busse Woods in Cook County is a beautiful suburban oasis. It wanders between meadows in full sun and the lush shade of the deep woods. ...
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Editorial: Time to pass federal shield legislationMay 19, 2013 5:00 am - We have used this space in the past to talk about the value of relationships between journalists and their confidential sources and the need for a federal law that would...
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The SoapboxMay 18, 2013 5:00 am - A courtroom first: This week’s conviction of Johnny Borizov in the murders of three Darien family members marked the first suburban gavel-to-gavel trial coverage with st...
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Editorial: Brighter days for open recordsMay 17, 2013 12:04 pm - Illinois is one of the top states in the nation for transparency, an advocacy group for open government says. Or is it? Governments in Illinois turned down so many Freed...