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Guest Essay: Plastic bag legislation too burdensome to manufacturers
As a three-generation American family business, we value the American principles of free market. However, due to progressively invasive government regulation, being a small business, a job creator and American manufacturer is becoming increasingly difficult. While there is certainly nothing new about overbearing governance in …
A ‘Moneyball’ lesson in life: ‘Get on base’
I’ve decided that the correct answer for just about any question this spring is: “He gets on base.” That answer comes from one of last year’s best movies, “Moneyball.” That simple phrase answers the questions put to Billy Beane, general manager of the Oakland A’s, …
Mascot change a good choice for Aptakisic
Aptakisic Junior High School has made the right decision in changing its school mascot from Indians to Eagles. The school unveiled the change Friday in a school pep assembly, following a vote in which students chose the new mascot. Aptakisic students have been Indians since …
Shimkus: Senator Kirk is coming back
Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed piece submitted by U.S. Rep. John Shimkus, R-Collinsville, regarding the status of U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Highland Park, who is in recovery from a stroke he suffered in January. As a member of the Illinois congressional delegation, …
BLASER: Frauds and phonies are nothing new to Springfield
The recent news that a portrait of Mary Todd Lincoln hanging in the governor’s mansion in Springfield is a fake proved not only interesting but also somehow appropriate. It was interesting because all things dealing with President Lincoln are, at the very least, “interesting.” Appropriate …
Authentic Italian flavor at Bontà Italian Market
Last year, I was lucky enough to visit Italy when my daughter was studying abroad for the semester. I have always loved everything Italian — the language, the scenery and more than anything else, the food. Oh, the food. I ate and drank my way …
Why we will no longer endorse in elections
The publications of Pioneer Press are no longer going to be endorsing candidates in local, state and national elections. This editorial tells you why.
Taxing district for private roads worth some study
Facing needed repairs to their privately owned streets, some Long Grove residents have come to the village, seeking help to get repairs done. In the course of discussion about paying for those repairs, the idea of establishing special service area taxing districts for the neighborhoods …
Wilder’s volunteerism a model to follow
Think what you may about the results, but one cannot argue with how important Pat Wilder has been to the Stevenson High School community. Wilder was involved in the referendum campaign to expand Stevenson in the 1990s, stuffing information into so many mailboxes that the …
We must decide on public spending
Depending on your governmental philosophy, the news of courthouse closures and the reduction of county sales taxes carried grains of both good and bad news. Cook County officials announced last week they would shut down suburban courthouses on the weekends for bond court, meaning police …
