Commentary: How a graduated income tax would help the environment
In times of crisis, we count on government to protect us. This year, amid a respiratory health pandemic and urgent calls for racial justice, we have seen the importance of...
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OFF THE HOOK
Gov. Jim Edgar made the right call when he signed legislation March 14 ending taxpayer subsidies for waste incinerators. Had he not done so, taxpayers could have been on the...
DON’T MENACE WATERWAYS FOR GAMBLING
After two centuries of abuse, including pollution, drainage, channelization, damming and dredging, Illinois rivers and streams are faced with a new environmental threat-the expansion of riverboat gambling. The requirement that...