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Chicago Tribune Editorial Board As the flu season gets going in full force, employers should encourage workers who are sick to stay home, and ensure that they won't have to sacrifice their paycheck when they do. Don't make employees choose between their health and their paycheck.
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Got your H1N1 flu shot yet? Chances are the answer is no. There's a mad scramble for flu shots, which are in short supply across the country. Many doctors and health departments complain they can't get ...
Chicago Tribune Editorial Board Mayor Daley's refusal to fully account for TIF spending feeds the complaint that he's operating a vast, off-the-books piggy bank. Open the books, Mayor!
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Desperate times call for desperate measures. To bridge a $520 million deficit in the 2010 budget, Mayor Richard Daley says he'll cut 220 vacant jobs, require city employees to take unpaid furlough days ...
Chicago Tribune Editorial Board Cook County's sales tax hike may soon be repealed. But the tax-happy crowd in county government is preparing another big tax hike. This time, the target is hospitals.
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Last week, state lawmakers approved a bill that could finally lead to the repeal of Cook County Board President Todd Stroger's sales tax increase.There are still some hurdles before the tax is repealed. ...
Chicago Tribune Editorial Board Inept, sometimes corrupt governance is funny only until you realize that, as a taxpayer, you're the rube footing the bill.
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Wall Street Journal, July 25, 2009On Tuesday, voters in one of the nation's bluest states fired their Democratic governor, Jon Corzine. The stench of public corruption and the jobs-crushing impact of high state and local taxes had grown too onerous for the people of New Jersey. ...
Chicago Tribune Editorial Board What's the best way to deal with Iran's continuing non-answers about whether it will accept a U.S.-EU-Russia offer to transform its low-enriched uranium into nuclear reactor fuel for a small medical reactor? Cut off the. Implement a gasoline embargo. An embargo is a better option than a military strike on Tehran.
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Here's a quiz: What was Iran's answer to the U.S.-led proposal to ship much of its nuclear material out of the country?A. Yes.B. No.C. Maybe.D. All of the above.If you answered D, you are right. Or at ...
Chicago Tribune Editorial Board Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley's definition of long term: "Until I want it -- and then it's gone."
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For close to two centuries, the City of Chicago has been building and acquiring municipal assets owned by the public -- the people. In a much shorter time frame, though, Mayor Daley has cashed out some of those assets. ...
Robert Renteria Chicago Tribune Editorial Board: www.fromthebarrio.com
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Robert Renteria's hard-hitting memoir, From the Barrio to the Board Room, about his struggle out of the barrio where he did and dealt drugs, hung with gangs and dropped out of school, to his joining the ...
Chicago Tribune Editorial Board The 3.5 percent growth recorded in the third quarter of 2009 is not grounds for celebration, but it is cause to breathe a sigh of relief. Growth, at last.
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The burst of economic growth in the third quarter reported last week was notable for all the gripes and worries it elicited from commentators. It was dependent on temporary government programs, they said. ...
Chicago Tribune Editorial Board Pat Quinn channels his inner Blago and meddles in transit legislation, calling for a moratorium on fare hikes. So transit can borrow money, but it can't balance its budget. Back off governor, silence your Blago voice, and let lawmakers do their jobs.
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Just when it looks like lawmakers have mustered up the courage to end the gratuitous free-rides-for-seniors program, Gov. Pat Quinn has thrown a monkey wrench into the works.With a bill meant to ease the ...
Chicago Tribune Editorial Board Washington Democrats probably wish that U.S. Rep Mike Quigley, D-Ill., would just keep quiet and toe the line. He won't. Keep up the good work, Congressman!
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U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley, D-Ill., made his reputation in Chicago politics as the guy who wouldn't go along to get along. As a Cook County Board member, he got in the face of regular Democrats. He spent a ...