Cook County
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Learn the facts on teacher pensionsAug 18, 2011 5:00 am - In a recent Daily Herald story, “Ex-school administrators get big pension boosts,” you quote Christina Tobin, vice president of the United Taxpayers of America, as descr...
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Time for tollway users to speak upAug 18, 2011 5:00 am - Today, suburban commuters get a chance to be heard. We hope they take advantage of it. The Illinois Toll Highway Authority begins a public hearing process on its 15-year...
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Reporters’ biases push liberal causesAug 18, 2011 4:00 am - For 33 years I earned a living for my family and myself employed as a public school classroom teacher. Though it has been more than 17 years since I stood in front of a ...
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‘Rich’ are the ones who provide the jobsAug 18, 2011 4:00 am - We all agree that our national debt is around $15 trillion. We can also agree that President Obama exceeded this year’s budget by $1.5 trillion. In 10 years we will have...
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Obama spends too much on his needsAug 18, 2011 4:00 am - Now that President Obama is acknowledging his concern over our level of debt and is blaming everyone but himself, I am wishing there was a financial genius out there som...
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Fox Valley police reportsAug 18, 2011 1:00 am - This article is no longer available on dailyherald.com.
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Volunteer work for cancer patients pays off for Arlington Heights salonAug 18, 2011 1:00 am - Technically, Chris Nelson owns a beauty salon. But it's her work with cancer patients that convinced the Arlington Heights Village Board to let her stay in a building wi...
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COD's new '4-D' cop training facility 'as real as it gets'Aug 18, 2011 12:00 am - In the 30 years he spent in law enforcement, Aurora's former police chief Bill Lawler saw countless changes in how new officers were trained. “The lessons learned were i...
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Deerfield Metra station to get $1.7 million upgradeAug 18, 2011 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — Illinois will receive more than $16.9 million in federal grants for highway improvement and planning, $1.7 million of which will replace two pedestrian cro...
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New programs, equipment welcome Dist. 300, U-46 studentsAug 18, 2011 12:00 am - Students across Kane and McHenry counties can expect to find more than just new books when they return to school over the next few weeks. District leaders say students w...