Editorials
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A bailout package to rescue all of usSep 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Of all the glimmerings to draw from the economic rescue package that is expected to go before Congress today, we're most encouraged by this: At last some measure of bipa...
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Ethics loophole needs to be closedSep 27, 2008 11:00 pm - We don't begrudge Brian McPartlin, especially in these troubling economic times, wanting to move into a higher paying job. At least we assume it's higher paying than the...
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A new kind of independence, we guess:Sep 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Rep. Bill Foster of Geneva has a new campaign ad out depicting his record as bipartisan, which is interesting since 94.8 percent of his votes since being elected to Cong...
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Teaching financial smarts timely playSep 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Illinois State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias has teamed up with Chicago Bears quarterback Kyle Orton to teach high school students how to be smart with money. It's a good ...
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Assessments, tax bills should go downSep 24, 2008 11:00 pm - There are many cogs in the machine that cranks out your property tax bill every year. And plenty of ways to gum up the works. In order to make that machine run smoothly,...
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An ethics step, but more are neededSep 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Comptroller Dan Hynes says the 55-0 Senate vote Monday to override the governor's veto on ethics legislation - on top of a 110-0 House rebuke earlier this summer - shows...
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Don't get rid of health planning boardSep 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Can we make a case for doing away with a state board that decides whether hospitals and other health-care companies can expand, close or change services offered? Let us ...
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Time to deal with the death penaltySep 21, 2008 11:00 pm - Illinois has had a moratorium on the death penalty for eight years. That doesn't mean, however, that Illinois doesn't have the death penalty. If you are confused, you're...
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A sheriff's courage on deportationsSep 20, 2008 11:00 pm - No matter what your ideological point of view may be, it's hard to argue with the statistics Lake County Sheriff Mark Curran trotted out last week. As he reiterated his ...
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District 303's alliance with the publicSep 20, 2008 11:00 pm - It's hard to believe it has been nearly 10 years since the start of St. Charles School District 303 enduring the most traumatic chapter in its history with the infamous ...