Opinion
Trib: Yes you can
We won't begrudge Gov. Pat Quinn and legislators their end-zone dance over Wednesday's approval of less generous pensions for future public workers in Illinois. We do, though, want to warn them that a Democratic congressman from Chicago intends to push lawmakers in this and other states to adopt much more demanding pension reforms.
Trib: Victory for vouchers …
Some 22,000 elementary students in some of Chicago's worst public schools may have a better option come fall. If, that is, the Illinois House and Gov. Pat Quinn set them free. On Thursday, the Illinois Senate passed, 33-20, a bill that would offer tuition vouchers to kids now enrolled at 49 of the city's weakest schools. Most of these children come from poor families. They could use the vouchers at any parochial or other private school that admits them. ...Ryan: Fix Health Reform, Then Repeal It
ON Thursday night, Congress sent to President Obama the reconciliation package to remove some of the embarrassing provisions in his signature legislative achievement, health care reform. But a serious fix for what ails health care in America will entail far more than merely tweaking the new law of the land; we will need to repeal the entire faulty architecture of the government behemoth and replace it with real reform. ...KCC: Foster's vote was against constituents' wishes
The timing of Sunday’s passage of the health care reform bill was no coincidence. Democrats wanted – needed – to get the legislation passed quickly, hoping that a long summer and busy fall would blur voters’ memories by the time November elections roll around. ...Trib: Spare us the ‘baby steps’
We should have known better than to get excited when the Illinois House voted to abolish those indefensible legislative scholarships. A week later, the same chamber approved the Senate's watered-down version and sent that one to the governor. ...Kass: Chumbolones ready to cry uncle after latest fleecing
Couch-surfing Uncle Feds leaves fiscal mark on Charlie and Cindy Chumbolone....Kass: Health care reform in Washington meets the Chicago Way
Reform effort finds its fall guys in Congress....Byrne: Battling the bulge - Here’s where to slash the budget
Two weeks ago I suggested that climbing out of our financial sinkhole requires us to fundamentally downsize our expectations of what we can milk from government ("Champagne taste with a beer budget...KCC: Public safety pensions in need of reform
Among the most vital services provided by government at any level are those that help to protect and save lives. ...Trib: Progress in Iraq
There's been a march of good news lately from Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Yes, good news from a region where many Americans don't necessarily expect it. ...
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