Editorials
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Time to gag all school chief secrecyJul 10, 2010 11:00 pm - Palatine Township Elementary District 15's taxpayers are on the hook to pay former Superintendent Dan Lukich $185,000 in return for no work by him next year, unless he h...
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Saturday SoapboxJul 09, 2010 11:00 pm - Many mouths to feed: The good news is that the Northern Illinois Food Bank has found a larger facility, in Geneva, from which to distribute food in 13 counties. T...
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More Quinn logic that escapes usJul 08, 2010 11:00 pm - We give Gov. Pat Quinn a hard time quite often, and we recognize that. Thing is, he makes it so easy. Here's another editorial idea he served up to us, big and delicious...
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An energy venture worth pursuingJul 07, 2010 11:00 pm - What do you get when you cross a school funding crisis with a clean-energy initiative? Officials with three suburban school districts hope the answer lies in a downstate...
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Let's wake up to sleep survey resultsJul 06, 2010 11:00 pm - The importance of sleep to individual productivity has been repeatedly reinforced in scientific research over the past decade or more. Now comes a new study out of Rhode...
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The elephants in Gov. Quinn's roomJul 05, 2010 11:00 pm - Whew! Gov. Pat Quinn's new Illinois budget came along in the nick of time, just hours after the state's fiscal year began July 1 and a day before Quinn and the other sta...
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Mayor's accident a timely reminderJul 04, 2010 11:00 pm - To get a good idea to stick, a strong role model is usually needed. So it was refreshing to see The Associated Press story on U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood in...
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A superintendent resigns in secrecyJul 03, 2010 11:00 pm - Sometimes when the General Assembly takes on public access, the relevance to everyday life may seem a little obscure. Or if anything, public access may seem like one of ...
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Saturday SoapboxJul 02, 2010 11:00 pm - Ready, set, shop: In suburban Cook County, the 10 percent sales tax - among the highest in the nation - was rolled back half a percentage point this week. Granted...
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Value of festivals goes beyond costsJul 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Tens of thousands with out-of-town holiday plans leave the suburbs this afternoon. More weekend traveling is expected this year than last, perhaps because of an improvin...