Articles filed under Politics
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Baseball's failure to exact a price for cheating could destroy the game - and damage all professional sportsFeb 25, 2020 12:00 am - Nothing creates a moral hazard more than exposing corruption and yet failing to punish those responsible. That's what happened in the aftermath of the financial crisis o...
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Endorsement: Steve Carlson in GOP primary for Lake County Board's District 7Feb 25, 2020 12:00 am - Elected officials often tout the importance of bipartisan efforts. Lake County Board Member Steve Carlson, however, goes beyond the rhetoric. A Republican, Carlson works...
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Sanders' economic plan looks like a duck, despite how some quackFeb 25, 2020 12:00 am - As Sen. Bernie Sanders looks more and more like the one who may win the Democratic presidential nomination, some tell us that he isn't the radical leftist others make hi...
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Endorsement: Castro for Democrats in Illinois Senate District 22Feb 25, 2020 12:00 am - Illinois Sen. Cristina Castro's signature accomplishment during her first term was acting as chief Senate sponsor for consolidation legislation that merged nearly 650 pe...
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Backers say the time is right for $147M Barrington 220 referendumFeb 24, 2020 4:30 am - Barrington Area Unit District 220 will seek voter approval next month to borrow $147 million for building projects, including safety and security upgrades at all its sch...
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5G and innovation in the Windy CityFeb 24, 2020 12:00 am - 5G is the fifth generation of wireless communication technology and it's starting to come online in places like Chicago. 5G will connect the way Americans think, live an...
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Politicians 1, taxpayers 0 in Avon TownshipFeb 24, 2020 12:00 am - It felt like a scene right out of the Chicago Democrat Machine at Tuesday night's Avon Township Board meeting. The meeting was called by the trustees to discuss the poss...
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Blagojevich is hardly the right spokesman for criminal justice reformFeb 23, 2020 12:00 am - Rod Blagojevich is back in Illinois and we are all poorer for it. President Donald Trump, who campaigned before crowds chanting "drain the swamp," sprung one of Illinois...
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Endorsement: Vote 'No" on Rolling Meadows term limitsFeb 22, 2020 1:01 pm - We've never been fans of term limits. There are rare instances where they make sense: for example, the case of speaker of the Illinois House, where voters throughout mos...
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A history belle's pick of presidentsFeb 21, 2020 12:00 am - So, here we are on Presidents Day in Washington, the city hushed on the holiday. Picture me on the porch looking over my personal A-list. George Washington receives vis...