Editorials
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New tool to keep drunks off the roadJan 01, 2009 10:00 pm - It sometimes seems as though no amount of legal toughness can prevent drunken drivers from getting behind the wheel of a car. But that doesn't stop us from trying - and ...
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Look ahead, not back as 2009 startsDec 31, 2008 10:00 pm - It's a new year. And many of us just might be ripping down the 2008 calendars with a good-riddance vengeance. It surely was not a year to remember if it found you among ...
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Burris embarrasses his good nameDec 30, 2008 10:00 pm - On the plus side, Saturday Night Live will now have some new material. On the downside, Illinois will once again be the punching bag for comics all across the country. W...
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An ice pack for our bruised imageDec 29, 2008 10:00 pm - It's no secret Illinois has taken a beating in the national spotlight for weeks. Gov. Rod Blagojevich's arrest and subsequent impeachment talk has opened a new chapter i...
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Time for tough staffing decisionsDec 28, 2008 10:00 pm - As the new year approaches, municipalities throughout the region are faced with 2009 budgets that need to be slashed in the face of declining revenue. Ranging from the b...
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Winners, losers and the CN mergerDec 27, 2008 10:00 pm - Few issues of local impact have seemed as inherently polarizing as the Canadian National Railway's acquisition of the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway line, which runs in...
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Addams ramp working as intended: poorlyDec 26, 2008 10:00 pm - That dreaded ramp: Ah, the holidays are over and now perhaps we can get through the ramp from the Jane Addams Tollway onto I-290/Route 53 - you know the one, heading tow...
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Tollway needs to take a step backDec 25, 2008 10:00 pm - Somewhat lost amid the scandal surrounding Gov. Rod Blagojevich is the uncertainty at the Illinois Toll Highway Authority. As Daily Herald staff writer Marni Pyke report...
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Turn those Grinches around todayDec 24, 2008 10:00 pm - The Grinch, it seems, is alive and well. As is Ebenezer Scrooge. You read about it in stories of bankers and investors who played games with the economy and left it - an...
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In a wretched winter, a day for faithDec 23, 2008 10:00 pm - Those of us who were dreaming of a white Christmas may not be all that popular today with those of us who weren't. Several inches of snow on the ground. Wind chills of 2...