Editorials
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Editorial: Assaults on core values of freedom cry out for responseMay 15, 2013 9:13 am - We are long past expressing disappointment over President Barack Obama’s unfulfilled first-term promise that his administration would be the most open and accessible in ...
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Editorial: Internet sales taxes should be collectedMay 14, 2013 5:00 am - The addition of sales taxes onto the purchase price of products we buy is an accepted part of the transaction whenever an item is bought from a physical store. But in th...
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Editorial: ‘New’ veterans need a listening earMay 13, 2013 5:00 am - There’s a new kind of military veteran who will be a vital part of the American landscape for decades to come. These are not the stalwarts who fought in the wars of deca...
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Editorial: The time for pension reform is at handMay 12, 2013 5:00 am - We arrive here, in the middle of May, with momentum building for real public pension reform but still with it being anyone’s guess whether anything meaningful will happe...
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Editorial: Towns must talk, cooperate in fight against floodingMay 10, 2013 8:05 am - The Des Plaines River has receded, the cleanup goes on. And while the shouting has stopped, there is still anger and hurt in Des Plaines, where many people are convinced...
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Editorial: End retirement payouts for unused time offMay 09, 2013 12:01 pm - The state is in the grip of a much more expensive debate — choosing between two pension-cutting plans that could save between $45 billion to as much as $150 billion — bu...
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Editorial: Something to talk about on pensions -- but just a startMay 08, 2013 7:39 am - For years, Illinois House Republican Leader Tom Cross has emphasized the importance of requiring all parties to the Illinois pension crisis to have some “skin in the gam...
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Editorial: Expedite federal help for flood victimsMay 07, 2013 9:28 am - The floodwaters are receding and what’s left behind in some communities across the region isn’t pretty. Muck, thousands of used sandbags, soggy carpeting, wet drywall, d...
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Editorial: A public pension approach with some promiseMay 06, 2013 5:00 am - Notice anything unexpected about these suburban names among the supporters of pension legislation crafted by the state’s most powerful Democrat? Tom Cross, Jim Durkin, D...
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Editorial: The tenure of Arlington Heights Mayor Arlene MulderMay 05, 2013 5:00 am - When Arlene Mulder first was elected village president of Arlington Heights in 1993, it was a bit difficult to know quite what to expect of her. To be sure, she had surv...