Editorials
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Fewer lawmakers should get stipendsJun 30, 2011 3:00 am - Back in 1989, Gov. Jim Thompson signed a law giving more money to most state lawmakers in the form of stipends, skirting a rule against midterm legislative salary increa...
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A creative solution in troubled timesJun 28, 2011 9:00 pm - Layoffs, cutbacks, reductions, consolidation — it’s the language of government today. The state’s financial problems have all but eliminated funding to municipalities, s...
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The job Rod Blagojevich leaves behindJun 28, 2011 12:00 am - The dispensation of justice is always cause for relief but rarely cause for satisfaction. So it is with Monday’s conviction of Gov. Rod Blagojevich on 17 of 20 corruptio...
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Act, don’t wait, when tornado spottedJun 26, 2011 9:00 pm - Last week’s suburban tornadoes provide a good reason for all to take stock of how prepared we are when there might only be minutes to spare between safety and peril. The...
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The SoapboxJun 25, 2011 3:00 am - Sharing pain: In their one-day session to address budget issues this week, Illinois senators also moved to participate in the needed sacrifices. They joined the House in...
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For liberty's sake, we must change redistricting processJun 25, 2011 12:00 am - As our news staff was doing the reporting Friday for a story on Gov. Pat Quinn's decision to sign Democratic legislation redrawing the state's Congressional district bou...
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Choose well, be cool and liveJun 24, 2011 3:00 am - In less time than it takes to read this sentence, six teens decided to act. Now four of them are dead, leaving all their friends, family and neighbors with never-ending,...
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End this sugary perk for lawmakersJun 22, 2011 9:00 pm - It’s painful to consider the ways our state built its pension crisis. State lawmakers refusing to pay into funds when required by law. End-of-career salary bumps creatin...
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Money wasted on dueling lawyersJun 21, 2011 9:00 pm - The political infighting that has overtaken the Island Lake village board in recent years has served mostly as a lesson in ineffective local government. Leaders in other...
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Metra’s ongoing need for oversightJun 20, 2011 12:00 am - Damage control has become something of a tired theme around the administrative halls at Metra since the death of former Executive Director Phil Pagano in 2010. The lack ...