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Business & Lifestyle

The Healthy Geezer double feature: hearing and bladder problems

Editor's Note: We normally publish this column on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month, but we've dealt with some scheduling conflicts due to news assignments which overlapped which resulted in the first column to not be published on April 11. Additionally, due to similar conflicts taking place on April 25, the editorial staff opted to publish this as a "double feature" in order to catch up on the first column and get the second column published early this week. […]

todayApril 22, 2018 7

Business & Lifestyle

McCALEB OP-ED: Collapse of Harvey’s finances signals what’s to come across Illinois

(Illinois News Network) -- The unfolding fiscal crisis in south suburban Harvey should send shivers down the spines of public employees and retirees across Illinois. It also should give pause to taxpayers, who already pay the highest combined local and state taxes in the country and who continually are being forced to pay more because of unsustainable public pension benefits and a culpable state government that refuses to do anything about them. Last fall, Illinois' First District Appellate Court ordered the city of […]

todayApril 21, 2018 20

Columnists

Mac’s Korner: Week of April 18, 2018

Mac's Korner: Week of April 18, 2018 I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to go wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles. ***** You don't have to be skinny to be sexy or beautiful. Beauty is the size of your heart, not the […]

todayApril 18, 2018 4

Business & Lifestyle

GUEST COLUMN: Why your tax break isn’t bigger

It’s everyone’s least favorite time of year again - tax season - which means millions of middle class Americans have spent the last few weeks stressed over their family’s financial health. As they look forward through 2018, some see promise, some see problems, and some see uncertainty. But almost none of them see something very important that they were promised last year, something that has completely failed to materialize – a middle class tax cut. In the debate over last […]

todayApril 17, 2018 13

Business & Lifestyle

GUEST COLUMN: Some modes of travel are cheaper than others

There are many decisions that you can expect to make in your travel plans. Sometimes that preparation is part of the fun of the trip. This article has many helpful hints and pointers on making traveling arrangements and plans to help you stay focused on the fun and less on the stress. Before you go anywhere, check if you have any of those extra rewards miles on your credit card. These miles can really help you save money and you […]

todayApril 16, 2018 34

Letters To The Editor

SMITH: Support Libertarian candidates on the ballot in New Hampshire

Piece by piece the government is coming for you. First they came for your money. But that was just the start. Now they are coming for your words, and most importantly, they are coming for your thoughts. And it is comply or else. Day by day we see the government taking more steps trying to “help” us or “protect” us. Many of these actions are based on laws passed to help one group at the expense of another. But as […]

todayApril 16, 2018 3

Editorial

GUEST EDITORIAL: SIEA opposes new tariffs on newsprint from Canada

The Southern Illinois Editorial Association strongly opposes new tariffs on Canadian newsprint. The newspaper industry has faced several challenges over the past decade that have led to a decline in advertising revenue, circulation and, ultimately, the number of people employed in the industry and the number of newspapers in print. The demand for newsprint in America has declined 75 percent since 2000. This decline can be attributed mostly to recession and market forces and, to a lesser degree, internet competition. […]

todayApril 13, 2018 3

Business & Lifestyle

COMMENTARY: Illinois legislature considering allowing tax bills to be paid with cryptocurrency

A recent topic of discussion in the Illinois House may become a point of discussion in next week's scheduled hearing of the House Revenue and Finance Committee, slated for 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 11. What is this point of discussion, you ask? A proposed bill filed by Democratic state representative Michael Zalewski (also the chair of mentioned committee), House Bill 5335, may allow for the payment of tax bills with cryptocurrency, but there is much confusion from the vague […]

todayApril 5, 2018 11

Guest Posts

EDWARDS: The Patent and Trademark Office — an enemy to America’s inventors

The Patent and Trademark Office, the federal agency charged with securing certain intellectual property, has become an enemy of America's inventors. How is it that an office charged with protecting innovation is subverting it? In 2011, Congress passed the America Invents Act. This law included a number of provisions harmful to IP rights. Perhaps the worst was the establishment of new administrative procedures for challenging a patent's validity. The abuse of this system has reached epidemic proportions. It's time for […]

todayApril 3, 2018 7

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