Editorials
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Pick up the pace for building bypassOct 04, 2007 11:00 pm - Three years to study a project that already has been on the books for what seems like decades? That's what state highway planners are now proposing in regard to actually...
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Constructing a positive jobs outlookOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Here's another good reason why Illinois should be eager to launch a capital construction program: It would put a lot of people to work at a time when unemployment is on ...
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Capital construction bill a place to startOct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - We can say unquestionably that the $13 billion "capital construction" bill that emerged from the Illinois Senate is, in fact, an improvement over the gridlock that has b...
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For Chicago teams, fans -- it's never easyOct 01, 2007 11:00 pm - What possible burdens could professional athletes face? They're paid gazillions to play games of youth. Many receive buckets of cash for telling the rest of us what kind...
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Counties' cooperation a good exampleSep 30, 2007 11:00 pm - We spend a lot of time criticizing politicians who won't sit down and work out compromises or, at the very least, listen to each other. This year's stalemate with the go...
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Parents best guide on library choicesSep 29, 2007 11:00 pm - Should libraries place lending restrictions on movies and other materials for children and teens? Cook Memorial Public Library District officials, who have discussed th...
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High anxiety over high price of landSep 29, 2007 11:00 pm - When Indian Prairie Unit District 204 decided there was no place else to build its new Metea Valley High School than on the Brach-Brodie property, it put all its eggs in...
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Cook sales tax hike should be rejectedSep 29, 2007 11:00 pm - Don't look now, but Cook County Board President Todd Stroger and other commissioners have set the stage to enact a massive sales tax increase. True, Stroger has not publ...
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New village must put basics ahead of hurried decisionsSep 29, 2007 11:00 pm - As the newly formed village of Campton Hills takes its first tentative steps, leaders and residents are already encountering the realities of being an incorporated commu...
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Soapbox: All parents paying attention?Sep 28, 2007 11:00 pm - What's a fair and just sentence for a couple convicted of allowing underage drinking in their home -- drinking that preceded a car crash killing two minors who attended ...