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A cyclist waits in a protected bike lane at Dearborn and Monroe streets in Chicago for passing traffic in June 2013.

Paul Sassone: Where should line be drawn with bicycle rights?

May 23, 2019 at 5:51 p.m.

Hardly seems fair – 2,000 pounds versus 20 pounds. And it's not. When a car and a bicycle collide, the cyclist always loses. When they are not viewed as a...

Paul Diaz, inspector for the Chicago Department of Public Health, as he tests for lead in an Auburn-Gresham rental home on Tuesday, March 31, 2015. A blood test showed that a child living there had a high lead level.

Paul Sassone: Threats of lead poisoning must be dealt with swiftly

May 8, 2019 at 11:28 a.m.

This is not the happy, new beginnings kind of back-to-school news you want to hear. But, the Oak Leaves reports that tests of water in some Oak Park and River...

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Paul Sassone: Getting ‘The Last Laugh’ in Netflix showdown

May 23, 2019 at 5:50 p.m.

Inactivity has a momentum all its own. Often when we aren't doing something we continue to not do it. We've all kept out that library book until it was overdue....

Sophomore Zoe Fisher scrubs the wheels of a large SUV. Oak Park and River Forest High School's Best Buddies program held a car wash for their club on Sept. 3, 2015, in Oak Park.

Paul Sassone: Extracurricular activities enhance life for students

May 8, 2019 at 11:27 a.m.

Seems a good rate. In the 2015-16 school year, 72.3 percent of students at Oak Park and River Forest High School took part in extracurricular activities. This is better than...

Hinsdale District 86's new Transition Center for adults with disabilities, which is next to Indian Prairie Public Library in Darien, opened Aug. 15, 2016.

Paul Sassone: Americans with disabilities a not so small minority

May 23, 2019 at 5:50 p.m.

It came as a big surprise. Though it shouldn't have. More than one in five U.S. adults lived with a disability in 2010, according to a 2012 U.S. Census Bureau...

Curt Warner, owner of Bikefix Inc. in Oak Park, says cyclists want more bike lanes, but need to know how to use them property when they encounter traffic.

Paul Sassone: Bring on the bikes in Oak Park

May 8, 2019 at 11:27 a.m.

More bike lanes? We already have plenty of bike lanes in my neighborhood. We call them sidewalks. That's not what the Active Transportation Alliance is talking about when it asks...

KFC employee Anthony Kemp (from left), the Rev. Alan Taylor, Burger King employee Alba Trujillo and the Rev. Sally Iberg were among the protesters speaking in support of a $15 minimum wage in Chicago and its suburbs at a rally Sept. 28, 2015, in Oak Park.

Paul Sassone: Oak Park living wage ordinance a step in right direction

May 8, 2019 at 11:26 a.m.

Good. It looks as if Oak Park officials are about to enact a living wage ordinance. At a recent meeting, the Oak Park Village Board approved the first reading of...

Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner speaks to farmers and local residents about the need for term limits and redistricting reform while visiting the Garry Niemeyer corn and soybean farm Tuesday, July 26, 2016, in Auburn.

Paul Sassone: Term limits no easy fix for what ails Illinois

May 23, 2019 at 5:50 p.m.

There are some things you can tell just by looking at a proposed piece of legislation. Who will benefit from the legislation? Is the author a Republican or Democrat? What...

Paul Sassone: The dreaded political ‘spousemercial’ has returned

May 23, 2019 at 5:50 p.m.

Between now and Election Day, we will be flooded with political commercials. Some will praise candidates, others will vilify. I was hoping one particular form of political commercial would not...

Paul Sassone: When did electronics become masters of humans?

May 23, 2019 at 5:50 p.m.

I am afraid of television. Not watching TV. Oh, no, I am fully capable of watching television every spare minute and until my eyes are red and burning. What I...

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