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Any excuse for spending

We understand cities spending tax dollars to fix up blighted areas. We're resigned to the fact that they will open up the taxpayers' wallet to attract economic development.
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Tax increases have their limits

Property owners in St. Clair County know that taxes will go up, but do they have to go up so much?
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Raise standards at DCFS

In the United States, people accused of criminal wrongdoing are considered innocent until proven guilty. But in Illinois, people accused of child abuse by the Department of Children and Family Services are guilty until proven innocent.
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Campaign reform in play

After years of languishing in the Illinois legislature, a campaign finance law that would limit pay-to-play politics is moving rapidly.
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No to pay raises

"I need a pay raise. I need a pay raise." That was Senate President Emil Jones' reaction last week when reporters asked him about the raised recommended for lawmakers and other state officials.
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This delay is worth the wait

After years of being saddled with the Collinsville Holiday Inn loan, Illinois taxpayers can't wait to get the hotel sold and off the books. Still, the public can be encouraged by the latest delay.
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The people denied a vote

The people of Illinois won't get to vote this year on whether they want a system to recall the governor and other elected officials. State senators decided the question for them on Thursday when they refused to put the proposal on the November ballot.
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IDs at the polls just make sense

The U.S. Supreme Court stood with honest voters this week when it ruled 6-3 that Indiana could continue to require that voters show a photo ID. The justices sided with common sense rather than Chicken Little reasoning.
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There grows Lindenwood

The nearly 100-year-old buildings at 2600 W. Main St. had people worried when Belleville West moved to its new campus on Frank Scott Parkway.
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Rocks ahead? Tighten crew

We're in the deadline business, so we know a looming deadline really helps you get focused on what is important.
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Watch crime decline

What are you doing Tuesday night? If you're a Belleville resident, we encourage you to make the time to attend the Neighborhood Watch meeting at 7 p.m. at City Hall.
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Regionalism? What's that?

St. Louis and Missouri leaders found their way to China; now if only they knew their way to the Illinois side of their own region.
Right message for students

"Be happy, not gay." School officials in Naperville thought they had a right to tell a student he couldn't wear a T-shirt with that anti-gay message on it, and a lower court judge agreed. But this week a federal appeals court ordered the district to drop the ban while a civil rights lawsuit proceeds.
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Regionalism? What's that?

St. Louis and Missouri leaders found their way to China; now if only they knew their way to the Illinois side of their own region.
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Judged guilty in Illinois

After substantial improvements in the Madison County courts, we thought Illinois' legal reputation would improve, at least a little. But that's not the way the business community sees it.
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Regionalism? What's that?

St. Louis and Missouri leaders found their way to China; now if only they knew their way to the Illinois side of their own region.
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Tax freedom's all too brief

Rejoice, taxpayers. Today is Tax Freedom Day -- according to the Tax Foundation, the day you stop working for the government and start working for yourselves. It's three days earlier than last year thanks in part to the federal tax stimulus plan.
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Explanations in order

Three scenarios: You guess which one is correct. The U.S. government took a lead-contaminated lot next to A.M. Jackson Elementary in East St. Louis and made it safe. They tilled biosolids into the soil because it was rich in iron and phosphate that would bond to lead to let it pass safely through a child's body, preventing brain damage.
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Left in limbo by Blagojevich

Last week a Cook County judge blocked Gov. Rod Blagojevich's attempt to expand FamilyCare against lawmakers' will. It made us think for the umpteenth time how sad it is that Illinois' governor won't play by the rules.
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Equity and the assessor

Now that state and federal income taxes are in the mail, people's thoughts are turning to local property taxes.
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Any excuse for spending

Tax increases have their limits

Raise standards at DCFS

Campaign reform in play

No to pay raises

This delay is worth the wait

The people denied a vote

IDs at the polls just make sense

There grows Lindenwood

Rocks ahead? Tighten crew

Watch crime decline

Regionalism? What's that?

Right message for students

Regionalism? What's that?

Judged guilty in Illinois

Regionalism? What's that?

Tax freedom's all too brief

Explanations in order

Left in limbo by Blagojevich

Equity and the assessor