by Stephanie Kraft | Sep 17, 2009 | News
Environment or economy? It's a false antithesis. Without a sound environment, sooner or later there will be no economy. Typical media reporting that tends to pigeonhole topics rather than illuminating relationships between them reinforce this false dichotomy. Now...
by Maureen Turner | Sep 24, 2009 | News
After a dozen years covering the protracted battle for ward representation in Springfield—the relentless work by reformers, the infuriatingly evasive tactics employed by city councilors determined to kill the effort, the plan's eventual 3-to-1 victory on the...
by Stephanie Kraft | Sep 24, 2009 | News
Some stories are best told by numbers. Here are the numbers that tell two stories: how patients have gotten lost in the morass of the health insurance system, and how doctors have gotten lost in it. Patients: Researchers from the California Nurses Association/National...
by Alan Bisbort | Sep 24, 2009 | News
The Informant is coming, hot on the heels of Michael Moore's documentary Capitalism: A Love Story. While Moore's grandstanding always carries the risk of detracting from his message, Matt Damon's note-perfect performance as Mark Witacre in the film...
by Maureen Turner | Sep 24, 2009 | News
Springfield City Councilor and mayoral candidate Bud Williams has seized on one of the most contentious issues to hit the city in recent months: plans to redevelop the former Longhill Gardens complex into low-income housing.Last week, Williams called for a moratorium...
