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My idea of what a Congressional Town Hall meeting is about has been shattered.I recently experienced my first Town Hall meeting in Dixon with Republican…
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Many of the small towns throughout the region from Mt. Morris to Genoa and Freeport to Waterman, the city councils made up of local business owners. This…
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The small towns in our region should consider the ways Dixon is approaching economic development. The most important approach is "thinking outside the…
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Online shopping is hurting small towns throughout northern Illinois. One of the significant problems is that it’s causing budget issues for cash-strapped…
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The Farm Bureau portrays itself as "the voice of agriculture."It certainly is the voice of factory farms, pesticide companies, multiple-national food…
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All is not well at the rail car manufacturing plant in Rochelle. On a recent Friday, the parking lot was nearly empty. Currently, employment is just a…
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For more than 200 years, there was a philosophy in America that projects for the common good were very important. The idea of the good of a few was not…
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The year 2016 was quite good economically for many areas of northern Illinois. New industry, industry expansions, and infrastructure improvements were…
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When I think about what happened at Pearl Harbor, after getting past the horrible loss of life, I think of a nation that pulled together and everyone…
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The railroad industry has come back to life, and we should support three large railroad projects in Northern Illinois.Passenger service going between…