Write Team: Childhood in Afghanistan left lasting impression
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Did you know I actually started writing this column more than 50 years ago? When I was young, I accompanied my parents on a two-year Peace Corps term in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. They encouraged me to start keeping
Keep Illinois law strong on protecting personal biometric information
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Illinois’ Biometric Information and Protection Act has been under attack, almost since the day it was enacted, from companies that don’t want to bother with it. If a company runs afoul of the law and racks up
Structural pension reform for Illinois is overdue
The General Assembly is in the midst of crafting legislation that reflects its most pivotal function – passage of an annual budget. And yet, Democrats, despite their supermajority, already have missed their self-imposed deadline of getting that