Editorials
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Not so fast on enacting drug lawJul 29, 2009 11:00 pm - As voters, we trust that those making our laws do so with wisdom and prudence. And that if they need a little direction, they'll seek it out. A pending ordinance in Cook...
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Comprehensive rail plan good startJul 28, 2009 11:00 pm - Now this is more like it. When Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin and Gov. Pat Quinn announced last March a push to get up to $700 million to create a high-speed rail link betwee...
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Towns must address video gambling while they canJul 27, 2009 11:00 pm - The silence has been, as they say, deafening. Earlier this summer, the legislature passed a huge public works bill that is financed in large measure by a massive expansi...
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Distracted driving a major problemJul 26, 2009 11:00 pm - New research was released last week that may help Illinois lawmakers who want to study the issue of distracted drivers or pass even more legislation aimed at stopping th...
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An unfortunate loss of transparencyJul 25, 2009 11:00 pm - Transgressions, shenanigans and outright corruption at local, state and national levels have sparked a vocal call for greater transparency by our officials. The more we ...
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Saturday Soapbox: New Jersey, you make us look goodJul 24, 2009 11:00 pm - More than 40 people in New Jersey, including three mayors and two state lawmakers, were arrested Thursday in the state's latest large corruption probe, an investigation ...
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Others should follow Torres' exampleJul 23, 2009 11:00 pm - When Superintendent Jose Torres turned down an $8,140 pay raise and encouraged other Elgin Area School District U-46 administrators to do the same, maybe he was leading ...
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No new cameras until system fixedJul 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Despite expert and legislative opinion that red-light cameras need to be used more judiciously, several suburbs are moving forward with plans to install more cameras. We...
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Think green and bag the bagJul 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Going to the grocery store for milk and eggs? Reject the bag. Or the hardware store for a box of screws and a couple switch plates? Or the video store to rent a new rele...
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How to be a good neighborJul 20, 2009 11:00 pm - The steamy dog days of summer used to bring on what reporters called the silly season, when real news was hard to find and lighter fare took over the pages and the airwa...