Netsch Takes Bold Tax Stance In Illinois Governor Race
Editorial notes Dawn Clark Netsch leads the Democratic pack by proposing significant income tax increases to fund education. She calls for raising individual rates from 3 to 4.25 percent and corporate from 4.8 to 6.8 percent, with $2.5 billion to education, plus existing funds and tax shifts.
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Illinois
Dawn Clark Netsch
Jim Edgar
Netsch
Edgar
Richard B. Phelan
Cook County Board
Roland Burris
Burris
Phelan
Richard B. Ogilvie
General Assembly
General Revenue Fund
Illinois Senate Finance Committee
Jim Gierach
Palos Park
Teen rescues elderly woman from freezing cold on Cicero Ave
Eighteen-year-old Robert Garrison, a Rich Central High School senior, found an 84-year-old woman wandering on a subzero night. He gave his jacket, wrapped her in a blanket, and drove her to the police station before paramedics treated frostbite and hypothermia at the hospital.
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Cicero Avenue
Robert Garrison
Rich Central High School
Garrison
Country Club Hills
Star
South Suburban
Hazel Crest
Suburban winter blues drive to riverboat gambling and outdoor fun
In a frigid stretch with wind chills near minus sixty, Harrah’s Joliet Casino boats buck expectations by drawing crowds. The author abandons shaving and digs into warm routines, then skis at a nearby nature center before reflecting on the irony of seeking warmth, warmth, and warmth while contemplating a gambling cruise.
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Harrah
Joliet
Harrah’s
South Pole
Rio
Prince of Darkness
Robert Frost
Christmas Tree Lighting and Decor Contest Thanks
Letters thank residents for the Christmas tree lighting and decor contest turnout. Special mentions include Helen Forrest for a 30 foot tree, the Nifty Over 50 Club, Central Junior High School Band, Saukview Elementary School Chorus, Kiwanis Club, Public Works, Al DiGiulio, the Star, Fire Chief Angelo Petrarca, and Village Mayor Dave Owen.
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Helen Forrest
Vicki Hicks
Central Junior High School
Carol Johnson
Saukview
South Chicago Heights
Dave Owen
Tony Capua
PACE Donates Nearly 100 Christmas Baskets to Bloom Township
Bloom Township Supervisor Robert A. Grossi thanks PACE Suburban Bus Division staff and board for donating and distributing close to 100 Christmas food baskets. On December 18, board members Barclay Fleming and Ron Grotovsky with his wife Sheryl, executive director Joe DiJohn, and staff handed out baskets at the Bloom Township Center, providing Christmas cheer to many needy families.
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PACE
Bloom Township
Barclay Fleming
Ron Grotovsky
Sheryl
Joe DiJohn
Bloom Township Board of Trustees
Robert A. Grossi
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Robert Ison
Tom Houlihan
Des Plaines River
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the Prince of Darkness
Barbara Kirby
Richard Phelan
ATF
FBI
Karl D. Rademacher
Forest
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