City Beat: Goodbye Larry; it’s been nice
By Shane Nicholson Managing Editor Mayor Larry Morrissey finally announced last week what had come to feel inevitable: the 46-year-old
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Editorials
Editorial: Transform something, anything
Transform Rockford hosts more meetings to talk about more things this week, something the group has been doing since Nov.
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Commentary: Larry’s state lawsuit may be necessary
By Shane Nicholson Managing Editor Rockford Mayor Larry Morrissey last week floated the idea of cities across the state joining
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UW Health Sports Factory: a smile for a planned dream come true
By Frank Schier Editor & Publisher Don’t tell me the Park District doesn’t plan and doesn’t see the future clearly
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Editorial: County board’s broken record
$283K Microsoft settlement just the latest in a series of wasteful financial mishaps for Winnebago County government ‘Winnebago County owes
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Editorial: Demmer to introduce failed public notices legislation in House
Last year, it was Rockford’s own Joe Sosnowski; this year it’s Tom Demmer, the Republican state representative from Dixon. Boilerplate
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Sunshine Week: The importance of FOIA in the digital age
By Shane Nicholson Managing Editor The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) was designed to be the portal by which the
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Vote to renew the city’s 1% sales tax
By Shane Nicholson Managing Editor You can’t trust your politicians anymore. You just can’t. Can’t trust them in Washington. Can’t
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Political Endorsements: Democratic Primary Ballot
By Frank Schier Editor & Publisher President of the United States Hillary Clinton Bernie Sanders The Rock River Times endorses
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Political Endorsements: Republican Primary Ballot
By Frank Schier Editor & Publisher President of the United States Donald J. Trump Ted Cruz Marco Rubio John R.
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New currents in River District
By Frank Schier Editor & Publisher The River District Association has a new captain: the Director of Marketing & Public
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Editorial: I Phone the FBI
By Frank Schier Editor & Publisher FBI Director James Comey has taken a cheap kick at our right to keep
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If you build it, will it float?
By Frank Schier Editor & Publisher Are you ready for 50,000 spectators to line the Rock River to watch a
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City Beat: An overwhelming case for transparency
The FBI investigation into the Winnebago County Board rages on, and still the best the community can get so far
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Musical memories: the key of Triple B.
“He plays the autoharp and when he picks up the instrument, the entire room changes…a very magical world, a music
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