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Rauner wants to give ailing Illinois a dose of California

Tags: Opinion, Government, property taxes, Bruce Rauner, Illinois, James Krohe Jr., Illinois - James Krohe Jr

Why not a Y block wetland?

Tags: Opinion, Springfield, wetlands, stormwater, James Krohe Jr., Illinois - James Krohe Jr

Big words and the search for meaning

Tags: Opinion, SAT, language, James Krohe Jr., Illinois - James Krohe Jr

Too many Illinoisans don’t know how to behave on the road

Tags: Opinion, Illinois, driving, James Krohe Jr., Illinois - James Krohe Jr

A lot of people are not happy where they live

Tags: Opinion, Springfield, urbanism, downtown, James Krohe Jr., Illinois - James Krohe Jr

Can fishy fads rid the Illinois of silver carp?

Tags: Opinion, Carp, Illinois River, James Krohe Jr., Illinois - James Krohe Jr

Springfield’s oral history tradition

Tags: Opinion, Illinois - James Krohe Jr

Is a bad tree worse than no tree at all?

Tags: Opinion, Trees, Illinois, James Krohe Jr., Illinois - James Krohe Jr

How to turn the Y block into a “why not?” block

Tags: Opinion, Springfield, urbanism, downtown, James Krohe Jr., Illinois - James Krohe Jr

The settling of the Harris case settles nothing

Tags: Opinion, History, Illinois, Lincoln, James Krohe Jr., Illinois - James Krohe Jr

Looking back while going over the Donner Pass

Tags: Opinion, Donner Party, mobility, James Krohe Jr., Illinois - James Krohe Jr

Reflections on Dog Bite Prevention Week

Tags: Opinion, Dogs, James Krohe Jr., Illinois - James Krohe Jr

Did Illinois history begin in 1809 and end in 1865?

Tags: Opinion, History, Illinois, Lincoln, James Krohe Jr., Illinois - James Krohe Jr

It’s time for the 2014 world championships of soccer

Tags: Opinion, Soccer, World Cup, sports, James Krohe Jr., Illinois - James Krohe Jr

A Supreme Court ruling misunderstands religious freedom

Tags: Opinion, Religion, Supreme Court, prayer, James Krohe Jr., Illinois - James Krohe Jr

. . .with the Indiana blues again

Tags: Opinion, Illinois, mobility, James Krohe Jr., Illinois - James Krohe Jr

I go to a Rotary convention

Tags: Opinion, Interact Club, James Krohe Jr., Illinois - James Krohe Jr

A new map charts the Cubs-Cards divide

Tags: Opinion, Illinois, Springfield, baseball, Cubs, Cardinals, James Krohe Jr., Illinois - James Krohe Jr

George Lucas wants to improve young Chicagoans

Tags: Opinion, George Lucas, museums, Chicago, James Krohe Jr., Illinois - James Krohe Jr

Tags: Opinion, Construction, forestry, Illinois, James Krohe Jr., Illinois - James Krohe Jr

The CEC pushes government into the 20th century

Tags: Opinion, Springfield, government, reform, James Krohe Jr., Illinois - James Krohe Jr

Basing representation on demography, not geography

Tags: Opinion, Illinois, government, James Krohe Jr., Illinois - James Krohe Jr

The pleasures and perils of the epistolary romance

Tags: Opinion, Letter-writing, Vachel Lindsay, James Krohe Jr., Illinois - James Krohe Jr

Stephen A. Douglas and Illinois’ populist past

Tags: Opinion, Illinois, politics, Stephen A. Douglas, history, James Krohe Jr., Illinois - James Krohe Jr

Leaving home does not always mean losing it

Tags: Opinion, Springfield, James Krohe Jr., Illinois - James Krohe Jr