Editorials

The Legislature is set to address the pension crisis. We urge lawmakers to take a critical look at perks that boost pension payouts to unsustainably high levels.
A new alliance of eight Dixon area museums, who have pledged to help promote each other, should help get the word out to more out-of-town visitors. We hope the effort boosts attendance. We also encourage local residents to stop by and view their hometown attractions.
What we thought: 125 years ago
Minions follow lead of powerful, opaque leader
University of Illinois researchers discovered that black locust trees offer real promise for producing biomass to convert to ethanol for motor vehicles. While money doesn’t grow on trees, maybe a future fuel source does.
Yet, dysfunctional leaders keep jobs
Pentagon’s job isn’t economic development
The U.S. flag gets a special day today. As you hoist your flag, consider our national anthem’s tribute to a flag that flew over Fort McHenry in Baltimore nearly 200 years ago.
Illinois needs statesmen and stateswomen to solve the state’s public pension funding crisis. If Illinois politicians don’t rise to the occasion, the state’s downward financial spiral will only worsen.
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