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Illinois needs to beef up the legislative watchdog post

Illinoisans have only to look to the disturbingly long queue of former lawmakers charged with crimes or facing federal probes to know that ethics is not the Illinois General Assembly’s strong suit. There’s former state Rep. Luis Arroyo, D-Chicago, who has pleaded not guilty to federal bribery charges, and was allegedly caught on tape trying to bribe another lawmaker while boasting, “This is, this is the jackpot.” Former state Sen. Martin Sandoval pleaded guilty to corruption charges before dying of COVID-19 complications last December. Or how about the cadre of allies of former House Speaker Michael Madigan including his former chief of staff, Tim Mapes whose alleged misconduct led to federal charges filed against them amid the ongoing ComEd corruption scandal? Mapes has also pleaded not guilty.

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Bonds and scars remain 30 years after an Iraqi missile struck the 14th Quartermaster unit, killing 13

GREENSBURG, Pa. (Tribune News Services) A sudden blast jolted Neal Gouker awake. The explosion from an Iraqi Scud missile slammed him against a wall in his barracks in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. The place was on fire, and bullets were going off, recalled Gouker, 50, formerly of Glassport. For 5 miles around, there were broken windows. It was chaotic. My left side was hit with shrapnel. It hit a nerve, and I had temporary paralysis and a bad limp on my left side. I had to work through that. Three decades have passed since that devastating attack on the Westmoreland County-based 14th Quartermaster Detachment.

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Eric Brown: If you must post or act out your commentary, sleep on it first

Eric Brown: If you must post or act out your commentary, sleep on it first
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Housing trends: What s ahead for mortgage rates, home prices, location

In 2021, mortgage rates will rise from record lows and Americans will continue their migration to less dense regions and lower-cost housing markets.

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