Editorials
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Align test for success in high schoolMar 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Illinois students in grades 3-8 recently completed their annual weeklong series of standardized tests -- the Illinois Standard Achievement Tests. The tests are supposed ...
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Searching for what's best on school safetyMar 15, 2008 11:00 pm - As a nation, we've been searching for answers since April 20, 1999, when two troubled students turned Columbine High School in Colorado into a mass murder scene. As resi...
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Hawthorn Woods must curtail credit-card useMar 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Spending limits are overdue as the village faces hard times. In these uneasy economic times, you might find yourself wondering what would happen if your income sharply d...
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Quit stalling on Cook County reformsMar 15, 2008 11:00 pm - It hardly comes as a surprise to see downstate Republicans waving foam fingers in the air and razzing Cook County for having reached the highest sales tax in the nation,...
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Needed fix in tracking traffic violationsMar 15, 2008 11:00 pm - When a motorist's driving record is so bad that other drivers are in danger every time he or she pulls away from the curb, then the license of that individual must be pu...
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Saturday Soapbox: Sound-off timeMar 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Tired of awful roads and traffic? A governor who wants to add programs when the state can't pay its bills? Of education and social assistance programs being held hostage...
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Saturday Soapbox: Border warsMar 14, 2008 11:00 pm - First there were the Hatfields and the McCoys. Then, the gamblers and the non-gamblers. Followed by the smokers and the non-smokers. But Cook County's recent sales tax h...
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Saturday Soapbox: Pleasant hoop dreamsMar 14, 2008 11:00 pm - This is the time of year when college and high school hoops fans can easily get their fill of basketball. But on Tuesday night, there's one game we hope you don't miss. ...
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State should balk at buying WrigleyMar 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Former Gov. Jim Thompson, chairman of the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority, is making a pitch for the state to buy Wrigley Field. Actually, it sounds as if he's tryi...
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Saturday Soapbox: No flood helpMar 14, 2008 11:00 pm - We understand that state and federal emergency management agencies have to draw the line somewhere in determining which communities are eligible for funds when a disaste...