Editorials
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Editorial: Close the Latino ‘achievement gap’Nov 02, 2012 11:11 am - Educators routinely question the value of standardized tests, saying they are not a solid measure of student progress. Certainly, in the suburbs they can be questioned, ...
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Editorial: Voting. It’s not just for Election Day anymoreNov 01, 2012 9:03 am - Quick, take a look at your calendar for next week — specifically, Tuesday. Is there room among your Things To Do for voting? If not, you still have an alternative to mak...
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Editorial: The need for a team approach on pension reformOct 30, 2012 5:00 am - The word from within the Illinois governor’s office last week was ominous: “Let your imagination run wild” as to what will have to be cut if something isn’t done about p...
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Endorsement: The case for Mitt Romney for presidentOct 28, 2012 5:00 am - Here, finally, we are. After months of seemingly endless campaigning, we arrive at the last few days of the race for the White House. After all that campaigning, many ha...
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Other newspapers’ presidential endorsementsOct 28, 2012 4:00 am - Chicago Tribune Four years ago, when we endorsed Obama’s run for the White House, we said he would act with decisiveness and intellectual rigor. Ironically he has s...
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The SoapboxOct 27, 2012 5:00 am - Why in the hotel business? Wheaton Park District officials have three developers proposing to lease land near Arrowhead Golf Course for an adjoining hotel. We share the ...
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The SoapboxOct 27, 2012 5:00 am - Why in the hotel business? Wheaton Park District officials have three developers proposing to lease land near Arrowhead Golf Course for an adjoining hotel. We share the ...
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Endorsement: ‘No” to illusion of pension reformOct 26, 2012 9:29 am - The urgency of pension reform in Illinois cannot be overstated. At the state level alone, pension payments already are estimated to consume 20 percent of government spen...
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Editorial: The win-win of first-time forgivenessOct 25, 2012 9:35 am - In 2009, the average number of inmates in Illinois prisons stood at 45,545. It grew to 47,504 the next year and to 48,978 in 2011, according to annual reports from the I...
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Editorial: Preckwinkle gives and takes Cook taxesOct 24, 2012 9:35 am - Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle didn’t initiate a 1-percentage-point county sales tax increase in 2008, Her predecessor Todd Stroger did. But Preckwinkle di...