Opinion
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Five questions with ... Jeff Minor of EldoradoJan 09, 2019 12:00 am - Jeff Minor is an Eldorado city councilman. Q. Part of the U.S. government is shut down. Do you think we'll see an end to it soon? All I really know is what I've seen on ...
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John Homan: Pulling back the curtain on Santa ClausDec 12, 2018 12:00 am - How old were you when you learned the Santa secret? Thoughts about Christmases past came racing back into my mind when I was taking some photos for the newspaper Saturda...
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Rich Miller: First big test for governor-elect is minimum wage increaseDec 12, 2018 12:00 am - Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker was asked last week about the timeline for passage of a new minimum wage law.  "That's very important to me," Pritzker said, "It's probabl...
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Five questions with ... Pam Logan of Marshall Browning HospitalDec 12, 2018 12:00 am - Pam Logan is marketing director and spokeswoman for Marshall Browning Hospital in Du Quoin. Q. What is your feel-good memory of a Christmas past?  I have many feel-...
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Five questions with ... Raymond Gunning of HarrisburgDec 12, 2018 12:00 am - Q. Do you travel for Christmas or do you host? We generally host. It's just immediate family. Q. Is the Christmas shopping season more commercial than it was 10 years ag...
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Five questions with ... Angel Boyd of Du QuoinDec 05, 2018 12:00 am - Q. How do you think history will remember President George H.W. Bush? I think he will be remembered for being an underrated president. I wasn't necessarily a fan of his ...
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Guest view: In memory of George H.W. Bush, and his Greatest GenerationDec 05, 2018 12:00 am - George Herbert Walker Bush, who died last Friday at age 94, was a congressman, an ambassador, chairman of the Republican National Committee, director of the CIA, Vice Pr...
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Rich Miller: On the ropes now, the IPI could rebuild under PritzkerDec 05, 2018 12:00 am - "Is that the guy from the Policy Institute?" House Speaker Michael Madigan asked his press secretary after an Illinois News Network reporter recently tried to ask Madiga...
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John Homan: Can Trump make newspapers great again?Oct 26, 2018 1:00 am - Ever since it was announced last weekend that President Donald Trump was going to make a campaign stop in Murphysboro this coming Saturday on behalf of congressman Mike ...
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A Super stand against MGSep 22, 2018 1:00 am - Editor, I thought that I had my life all planned out until I was diagnosed with Myasthenia Gravis in 2006, Wrong! Life can change in an instant from what we had planned...