Homer mayor offers details on proposed water sale
By DAVID LUCASThe Homer Village Board is facing a question, whether to sell treated water and sewer services to a potential new business south of Homer.The board members have been investigating this...
View ArticleGuest commentary: Medicare worth preserving, improving and expanding
By THOMAS O'ROURKEAs the saying goes, the more things change, the more they stay the same. Medicare is a classic example.read more
View ArticleGuest commentary: Observing Holocaust Remembrance Day
By DIANE GOTTHEIL and CAROL MIZRAHIread more
View ArticleUI legal experts weigh in on pension reform
Editor's note: In interviews with News Bureau business and law editor Phil Ciciora, two University of Illinois law professors, John D. Colombo and Laurie Reynolds, weigh in on the constitutionality of...
View ArticleGuest commentary: Community college movement continues to advance
By GENE BUDIGFor generations the community colleges of America were seen as second-class members of the higher education community, or where the ill-prepared and marginal high school graduates should...
View ArticleGuest commentary: Illinois pensions, education losing out to gambling
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View ArticleGuest commentary: What will really limit school massacres?
By PETER T. TOMARASread more
View ArticleWe are in need of a third national political party
I am a huge fan of schlocky 1950s science-fiction movies, and one of my favorites is "The Fly," starring the late Vincent Price. The basic story is straightforward enough: Something goes horribly awry...
View ArticleVoices: In this day and age, having a friend is a precious thing
By Dan MullisStanding in a cemetery, your good friend has just buried his mother, he turns to you and embraces you and says "thank you for being here." At that moment there is no better place for you...
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