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Latest News

College graduation: Weighing the cost … and the payoff
May 19, 2012 by - Pew Research Center
The Magnetar fallout
May 19, 2012 by - ProPublica
GOP Speaker Boehner threatens default if spending not cut…
May 19, 2012 by - Citizens for Tax Justice
Senator Lee’s budget would sharply cut Social Security, Medicare, other programs while making tax system less progressive
May 19, 2012 by - CBPP
Special meeting update
May 18, 2012 by - Mike Kroll

Latest Sports

Galesburg wins a triangular track meet held in Knoxville.
April 20, 2012 by - Del Mecum
The Prairie Fire defeat the Eureka College Red Devils 9–0.
April 20, 2012 by - Del Mecum
Knoxville Blue Bullets lose to the Sherrard Tigers 6–5
April 6, 2012 by - Del Mecum
Streaks beat U-High 8–2
April 2, 2012 by - Del Mecum
CSC splits doubleheader with Elgin
April 2, 2012 by - Del Mecum

Latest Opinion

The commencement address that won’t be given
May 19, 2012 by - Robert Reich
How odd that Mitt’s smitten with Clinton
May 18, 2012 by - Robert Reich
Citizen civics: the movie
May 17, 2012 by - Mike Kroll
Speaker Boehner’s recent remarks concerning the debt limit
May 17, 2012 by - CBPP
Bucking banking anger at local level
May 17, 2012 by - Bill Knight

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City Hall
May14

Absence of political courage

on May 14th, 2012 at 6:00 am

By Galesburg Planet Editors

By Mike Kroll

Tonight the Galesburg City Council is scheduled to conduct its first official work session for the 2013 budget. According to the agenda for the work session the purpose of this initial meeting is to further discuss goals and …

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quiet please
Apr09

The crazy rationale

on April 9th, 2012 at 7:00 am

Why Galesburg is planning to close railroad crossings before the two over­passes are complete and open

By Galesburg Planet Editors

By Mike Kroll

Unques­tionably the biggest cost involved in estab­lishing quiet zones is the need to upgrade the signal circuitry to modern stan­dards. Amaz­ingly, state and …

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Knox County Courthouse east view
Mar28

County board accountability, leadership and pay

on March 28th, 2012 at 10:00 am

By Galesburg Planet Editors

The Knox County Board has long been the target of crit­icism for its perfor­mance. And there is no disputing that the personal level of knowledge, dedi­cation, capa­bil­ities and good judgment varies consid­erably across the 15-member board. But as fiscal stewards …

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Dec27

Transitions

on December 27th, 2011 at 8:00 pm

By Galesburg Planet Editors

By Mike Kroll

As the world tran­si­tions from 2011 to 2012 Galesburg Planet is also tran­si­tioning from one web host to another. That’s right, the Planet has moved to a different galaxy to better serve our readers. You will undoubtedly notice a few …

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Dec15

Credit card governing

on December 15th, 2011 at 10:00 am

By Galesburg Planet Editors

By Mike Kroll

Politi­cians are often accused of being “tax and spenders” by their oppo­nents who contend that these politician favor spending tax dollars for extrav­a­gances and passing those higher costs on to the taxpayer. A more recent phenomena that …

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