What’s Local: Expanding Rockford through entrepreneurship
By Jim Hagerty Contributor ROCKFORD — When a company shuts its doors, the employees often find employment elsewhere. When isolated
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Commentary
Editorial: Four months of a new Times
Four months ago, on Feb. 15, readers saw a new version of The Rock River Times. We made a promise
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Trump’s budget sets table for more hunger, fiscal pain in Illinois
By Dan Lesser The Shriver Brief SNAP is working. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly food stamps) helps roughly 1
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All Paws grooming cashes in with move downtown
By Jim Hagerty Contributor DOWNTOWN — While their stories differ, all small businesses have a beginning. Fresh out of high
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George HW Bush: America’s last foreign policy president
By James Goldgeier The Conversation George H.W. Bush, who turns 93 today, was the last person elected president of the
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Timing everything for Taco Betty’s
By Jim Hagerty Contributor DOWNTOWN — The space at 212 E. State St. lends itself nicely to a quaint eatery
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How bad could Trump’s Paris Agreement withdrawal be?
By Robert Kopp The Conversation Even before the Paris Agreement was signed in December 2015, market forces and policy measures
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Homeless vets with families: An untold part of veterans’ struggles
By Roya Ijadi-Maghsoodi The Conversation In 2010, the Obama administration announced the ambitious goal of ending homelessness among veterans. In
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Mass incarceration did not and will not work
America’s mass incarceration problem in 5 charts – or, why Sessions shouldn’t bring back mandatory minimums By Tanya Golash-Boza The
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What’s Local: Eat local, experience more than the dish
By Jim Hagerty Contributor Supporting independent companies because it keeps our money in the community and local merchants in business
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JFK at 100: Creating the modern presidency
By Steven Watts The Conversation Even at John F. Kennedy’s centennial on May 29, 2017, the 35th president remains an
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JFK at 100: Why we still cherish his memory
By Michael Hogan The Conversation On May 29, the nation commemorates the 100th anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s birth. It’s worth
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Guest Column: Veterans courts heal scars we can’t see
By Austin Berg Illinois News Network Veterans in Illinois and across the nation give everything. And they expect little in
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Guest Column: A lesson in gov’t bureaucracy
By Paul Gorski Contributor I am a new board trustee at Rock Valley College and, as I usually do in
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What’s Local: Transforming Rockford by transforming families
By Jim Hagerty Contributor ROCKFORD – A parent in handcuffs and a police car is far from a pleasant childhood
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