Editors Roundtable: About those GOP debate questions
What did you think of the moderators' questions at Wednesday's debate among Republican presidential candidates?Moderators weren't doing their jobsIt's condescending and disingenuous to state that...
View ArticleEditors Roundtable: Eliminate business landscaping rules?
Do you support the proposal being considered by the Galesburg City Council that would eliminate landscaping requirements for new businesses?
View ArticleEditors Roundtable: District 205 priorities
What do you think of list of priorities submitted by District 205's Budget Reduction Committee?
View ArticleEditors Roundtable: Heart & Soul project impact
How hopeful are you that the Heart and Soul process will impact the future of Galesburg?
View ArticleEditors Roundtable: How to address mass shootings?
What role should the government play in addressing mass shootings in the United States?We need smart answers to complex questionGovernment didn't create the problem of mass shootings, and it won't...
View ArticleEditors Roundtable: Response to Trump's call for Muslim ban?
What is your response to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's call for banning all Muslims from entering the United States?Let's put Trump chapter behind usTrump's proposal to ban Muslims...
View ArticleEditor's Notebook: Historic comic section runs Saturday
In Saturday's Register-Mail will be a 16-page full color section showing the history of cartoons in newspapers. The content is provided by King Features, a syndicate celebrating 100 years in the comic...
View ArticleLocal List: Debt story most read online in 2015
Today, Editor Tom Martin shows you the most read (clicked on) stories posted to galesburg.com in 2015.
View ArticleEditor's Notebook: Looking for opinion page writers
Going into 2016, I need more volunteer writers for the opinion page. Specifically, I need two local volunteers to write monthly columns about local, state and national issues. Currently, I have Harry...
View ArticleEditors Roundtable: Local newsmakers of 2015
The Register-Mail editors talk about some of the top local newsmakers of 2015.
View ArticleEditorial: Public needs voice on school cuts
District 205 is embarking on some historic spending cuts. While the proposal makes sense — the district needs to downsize to meet declining enrollment — the public deserves the time to digest the plan,...
View ArticleEditors Roundtable: District 205's proposed spending cuts
What do you think about District 205's $3.2 million in spending cuts? More time to consider consequencesThe district absolutely needs to cut spending. It can no longer afford to spend down its...
View ArticleEditorial: Immigration debate misses the obvious
Soon after Donald Trump launched his presidential campaign with a promise to build a wall on the southern border to keep illegal immigrants out, Latin American workers building Trump's new hotel steps...
View ArticleEditors Roundtable: How is economy doing?
President Obama in his State of the Union address touted the strength of the economy. How do you believe the economy is doing?
View ArticleEditors Roundtable: Gov. Rauner's first year
Evaluate Bruce Rauner's first year as Illinois governor.
View ArticleEditor's Notebook: R-M hosting forum for state rep. candidates
The Register-Mail is working with Carl Sandburg College to have a forum for candidates running for state representative in District 74. Three candidates are vying to replace long-time legislator Don...
View ArticleEditors Roundtable: Iowa caucus system: Yea or nay?
What do you think about Iowa's caucus system?
View ArticleEditors Roundtable: Change Illinois' redistricting process?
Should Illinois support the Independent Map Amendment, which changes the way political maps in the state are drawn?Competitive districts improve governmentState Rep. Don Moffitt has long contended that...
View ArticleEditor's Notebook: Forum Thursday at Sandburg
The Register-Mail and Carl Sandburg College will co-sponsor a candidate forum at 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
View ArticleEditors Roundtable: Popularity of Trump and Sanders
Why do presidential candidates Donald Trump, Republican, and Bernie Sanders, Democrat, continue to be popular with voters? It's pitch fork time in U.S.People are not just weary about politics as usual,...
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