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An end we all must face, eventually
As I hit the Post Office, grocery, pharmacy and gas station on a recent Saturday morning, I realized that for months I've been happy to do these routine chores. Happy because I'm healthy and young enough to go anywhere I want, anytime I want. That...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Crosswords, Hampton Roads, Health Treatments, The Washington Post
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Mickelson laid cornerstone for economic development
To understand how much George Speaker Mickelson meant to South Dakota requires an appreciation of how tough times were in the mid-1980s as he campaigned for governor. Hundreds of agricultural producers lost their operations. Farms dropped from about 41,...Tags: Government, Business, Primaries, Air and Space Accidents, Washington, DC
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Housing programs critical to Aberdeen
Access to rural housing programs that benefit a significant number of homebuyers in Aberdeen could be extended under a bill introduced Thursday by Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., and others. Without an extension of some sort, the city would lose access to two...Tags: Pat Roberts, U.S. Congress, Jon Tester, Mike Crapo, Mike Johanns
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Nonprofit hospitals: Do they give back enough?
Although Orlando is a medium-sized metro, its two main hospital systems rank in the big leagues of top-grossing nonprofit hospitals in the nation, according to a recent report. With annual gross charges of $8 billion, Florida Hospital came in fourth out...
Tags: Business, Orlando, Internal Revenue Service, Medicare, Economy, Business and Finance
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Congressman opens district office in Lincolnshire
U.S. House Rep. Brad Schneider (D-10th) opened his district office in Lincolnshire earlier this month, fewer than 10 miles from his home in the village of Deerfield. Schneider, a freshman representative, said he chose Lincolnshire because of its central...
Tags: Robert Dold, Politics, Patrick J. Toomey, Joe Manchin III, Brad Schneider
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Immigration bill would spark surge of legal arrivals
WASHINGTON — While much of the debate over immigration has focused on the fate of the estimated 11 million people in the U.S. without legal authorization, one of the biggest immediate impacts of the reform bill being prepared in the Senate would...Tags: Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace, Immigration, Jeff Sessions, Overstock.com Incorporated
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Harlan: Stop focusing on boosting homeownership
There are visible signs in Costa Mesa that the housing market is recovering. After a few years of virtually no new residential construction (between 2009 and 2012, Costa Mesa added only 56 new housing units, with zero in 2011), it's heartening to see...Tags: Apartments, Real Estate Buyers, Real Estate, Rentals, Housing Industry
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That screaming you hear? It's writers applying for NEA grants
All across America, a panic is spreading. But you won’t hear the terrified multitudes and their pleas for help, their expletives shouted at the sky. Why? Because these suffering people are mostly fiction writers. And fiction writers almost...
Tags: International Organizations, Politics
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Wheaton, Glen Ellyn look at how state income tax freeze would impact communities
Gov. Pat Quinn has proposed that the state bolster its own troubled finances by freezing the amount of state income taxes shared with local governments at 2012 levels, which could cost some towns hundreds of thousands of dollars. Quinn estimates the...
Tags: Government, Pat Quinn, Glen Ellyn, Economy, Business and Finance, Politics
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Lipinski opens Orland Park office
Rep. Dan Lipinski, D-Ill., has opened a local office in Orland Park's Frederick T. Owens Village Hall to assist constituents with Social Security, Medicare and veterans' benefits and to help arrange visits to Washington, D.C. The space is across from...Tags: Local Government, Rentals, Office and Retail Spaces, Judy Biggert, Orland Park
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City in ballot language flap
Glendale this year has limited the sample ballot that goes out to all voters to just English and Armenian. But critics say officials should have kept with the prior practice of including all four major languages spoken in the city to avoid...Tags: Local Government, Local Elections, Voting, Elections, Politics
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Westmont suspends brush-pickup program
The Westmont brush-pickup program has been suspended indefinitely in light of the village losing more than $2 million in annual tax revenue. The village repealed a gas tax of 2.5 cents per gallon and a sales tax of 0.5 percent this month after residents...
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