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Editorial: Illinois taxpayers deserve more than excuses for the $250M computer mess

The lesson is clear: When taxpayer dollars fund major tech projects, governments must be tough negotiators, not soft targets.

Before lawmakers rush to replicate Chicago’s broken model, they should ask: Do we want real safety — or just a new stream of fines?

Today’s “America First” agenda and tariffs will lead to the U.S. enjoying a bigger piece of a shriveled global economic pie.

Illinois is one of five states that don’t allow family members to report issues with an elderly driver. But new legislation could change that.

These two economic realities could bankrupt the dollar, seriously crater our economy and make the Depression look like the Roaring ’20s.

There’s no limit to the creativity of plaintiffs’ attorneys in finding causes of action. Example: a 1980s law focused on VHS rentals.

The Golden Rule, which is centuries older than Christianity, that’s all-encompassing for little old me.

Thanks to a recommendation from old friends, we discovered what will likely be our winter getaway in Mexico as long as we’re physically able.

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What Donald Trump appears to underappreciate is that U.S. trading partners can forge, and bolster, other alliances.