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RIP, Peanut
Firefighters endorse residency deal
Inauguration blues
On your mark, get set, run!
 
Wednesday, June 27, 2018 12:00 am

State's top Lincoln expert on shelf

Cornelius on paid leave

By Bruce Rushton
Astute observers may have wondered why Samuel Wheeler, Illinois state historian, was the one who showed off Lincoln relics to a reporter in a recent CBS News spot that ran coast-to-coast, putting t
Feature
Thursday, June 21, 2018 12:00 am

The death of department stores

Bergner’s, Sears are shutting down

By Bruce Rushton
 With the corporate parent of Bergner’s declaring bankruptcy and Sears struggling, two of the city’s oldest and largest department stores, both in White Oaks Mall, are shutting down.But the d
Upon Further Review
Thursday, June 21, 2018 12:00 am

Don’t fence me in

Safe or silly, sidewalks are getting gates

By Bruce Rushton
 Forget, for a moment, the deeper mysteries of life, the sound of one hand clapping and why it’s still legal to traffick in bump stocks. For the moment, at least, I’m more interested in inter
News
Thursday, June 14, 2018 12:00 am

From prison to college

Felon beats the odds

By Bruce Rushton
Jason Spyres was driving last week when the email arrived: Your Stanford application has been updated.It’s an improbable story that began in 2001, when a suspicious clerk at a United Parcel Service
Upon Further Review
Thursday, June 14, 2018 12:00 am

Don’t touch that building!

State blasts YMCA plans

By Bruce Rushton
  The downtown YMCA building shouldn’t be demolished, says the state Department of Natural Resources, because it’s beautiful, useful and historic – after all, Barack Obama played baske
News
Thursday, June 7, 2018 12:00 am

Storage wars

City, ALPLM contemplate Lincoln books

By Bruce Rushton
 Anyone who suspects that faith in government institutions might be lacking need look no further than a behind-the-scenes kerfuffle involving the city of Springfield and the Abraham Lincoln Presi
Upon Further Review
Tuesday, June 5, 2018 12:00 am

Loncar vs. Lang

Another #MeToo moment in the legislature

By Bruce Rushton
 If nothing else, the unfolding of a recent sexual harassment accusation against Rep. Lou Lang, D-Skokie, has been melodramatic.Two days before last Thursday's press conference, Denise Rotheimer
Upon Further Review
Monday, June 4, 2018 12:00 am

Loncar vs. Lang

Another #MeToo moment in the legislature

By Bruce Rushton
 If nothing else, the unfolding of a recent sexual harassment accusation against Rep. Lou Lang, D-Skokie, has been melodramatic. Two days before the press conference, Denise Rotheimer (whos
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