Editorials
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Time for tollway users to speak upAug 18, 2011 5:00 am - Today, suburban commuters get a chance to be heard. We hope they take advantage of it. The Illinois Toll Highway Authority begins a public hearing process on its 15-year...
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A lesson in compassion in a courtroomAug 18, 2011 4:00 am - By most measures, the family of Santiago “Jimmy” Balderas has every reason to want to see David Maish suffer as they are suffering. Maish, 40, of Spring Grove, had a blo...
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Why attacker of Elgin High teacher must get helpAug 17, 2011 5:00 am - Angel Facio was 16 when he brutally attacked his Elgin High School teacher without provocation three years ago. Without warning, he stabbed Carolyn Gilbert repeatedly in...
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Positive change coming to Island Lake?Aug 16, 2011 12:00 am - For more than a year, the Island Lake village board has needed to change the way it conducted itself. It has been a group noted for dysfunctional relationships that put ...
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DuPage benefits trim a wise modelAug 15, 2011 4:00 am - It’s never easy to have your pay or benefits trimmed. Too many of us know that all too well. In that regard, we empathize with the DuPage County employees who will see t...
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Public deserves answers on Walsh child supportAug 14, 2011 4:00 am - Congressman Joe Walsh would like us to believe his child-support dispute is a private matter blown out of proportion by his political opponents and the news media to wea...
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The SoapboxAug 13, 2011 4:00 am - A super mistake? What’s done is done, the congressional supercommitte is formed, but imagine what might have been. Sen. Mark Kirk told our editorial board he would have ...
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Improving the response to floodingAug 12, 2011 4:00 am - For those who aren’t replacing carpet or negotiating with an insurer, the record rainfall three weeks ago was likely a short-lived annoyance. But among the hundreds of s...
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Shorten session, save the state moneyAug 11, 2011 12:00 am - “Springfield on $111 a day.” The title would hardly be a best-selling travel guide, but the amount represents the per diem granted to every Illinois legislator for each ...
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No state subsidies for discriminationAug 10, 2011 4:00 am - When we wrote in this space that it was time for Illinois to have civil unions, we quoted Gov. Pat Quinn, who said we “need to encourage tolerance in this state.” And th...