Preschool cuts threaten future costs and safety in Illinois
Tyler R. Edmonds Union County state's attorney argues against preschool funding cuts citing research that early childhood education prevents crime and saves long term public funds. He notes over 800 classrooms closed and 17,600 children affected across Illinois, with 1,500+ in Southern Illinois, urging protection of the program.
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Kids
Tyler R. Edmonds
Union County
Invest In Kids
Letters to the Editor Policy for Southern Illinoisan Readers
The Southern Illinoisan outlines letters to the editor rules require 250 words max, signed with name and hometown, and a verifiable phone number. It bans libelous attacks, reporting news, and mass submissions, and provides contact details for submissions via mail or email to letters thesouthern.com.
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Officials contact numbers for U S representatives
U S Sen Mark Kirk 312-886-350 202-224-285 217-492-5089 kirk senate gov. U S Sen Dick Durbin 618-351-1122 202-224-2152 durbin senate gov. Rep John Shimkus 618-252-8271 202-225-527 www.house.gov Shimkus Rep Jerry Costello 618-529-3791 618-937-6402 202-225-5661 costello house gov State Rep Jerry F Costello 618-443-5757 217-782-1015 staterepcostello gmail com.
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Textbook bias hides mass deaths under neutral tone
Mona Charen criticizes the world history textbook World Civilizations for downplaying communist atrocities. She cites Stalin’s famine and purges, Mao’s famines, and skewed depictions, arguing the book uses neutral language to obscure massive death tolls and brutal methods.
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Mao
China
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Martin Malin
Britain
France
Castro
Letter to the Editor on retiree health care and state mismanagement
A reader criticizes Representative Mike Bost for backing SB 1313 and for endorsing a view that retirees should pay for state mistakes. The letter argues health care is deferred compensation, vows to vote for a retiree and state worker advocate in 2014, and warns against broken state promises and political forgetfulness.
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Mike Bost
Best
Will Rogers
Springfield
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