Editor's Notebook: District 74 forum drew large audience
We had a strong turnout at Thursday’s candidate forum at Carl Sandburg College. Thanks to the 150 people who came out to see Republican candidates Mike DeSutter, Wayne Saline and Dan Swanson answer...
View ArticleEditors Roundtable: Most important race on ballot?
What race on the March 15 ballot is the most important to voters in Galesburg and why?
View ArticleEditor's Note: Campaign letters deadline Thursday
The Register-Mail encourages local letters to the editor regarding the upcoming election. As is policy, we will observe a grace period during the final days before the March 15 election. All letters...
View ArticleEditors Roundtable: Opinion of Illinois primary system
What's your opinion of the primary system/setup in Illinois?
View ArticleEditor's Notebook: Seeking top GHS grads for news series
We're attempting to track the top 5 percent of Galesburg High School graduates from 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005 and 2010.
View ArticleEditor's Notebook: Seeking top grads for news series
It's commonly thought that rural areas lose their best and brightest young people to the greater opportunity found in urban areas. The occurrence is referred to as brain drain: The emigration of highly...
View ArticleEditors Roundtable: Battery charge against Trump manager
What is your take on Donald Trump’s campaign manager being charged with battery for grabbing a reporter Michelle Fields and leaving bruises on her arm?
View ArticleEditor's Notebook: What's up with lead in the water?
An Associated Press investigation into public water systems nationwide has targeted Galesburg as a city with a lead problem. It also points to an above average incidence of lead poisoning among...
View ArticleEditorial: Community effort needed to address lead
Part of the solution here is making sure those impacted understand the dangers and the options available to them.
View ArticleEditor's Notebook: Do you know who where these top GHS graduates are?
So our "brain drain" project is taking shape. The project seeks to find out how many of the top Galesburg High School graduates leave the city and don’t return. We’ve targeted the top 5 percent of...
View ArticleEditors Roundtable: Response to lead from local officials
How well do you believe the city and county officials have responded to the reports of lead exposure in Knox County?
View ArticleEditors Roundtable: Remove lifeguards from Lake Storey Beach?
Should the city open the beach at Lake Storey and remove lifeguards?
View ArticleEditorial: Galesburg is not Flint Jr.
The lead story in Galesburg never deserved national attention and will continue long after the national spotlight flickers and dims.
View ArticleEditors Roundtable: About Trump's candidacy now
Now that he's the presumptive GOP nominee for president, what do you make of Donald Trump's candidacy going forward?
View ArticleEditors Roundtable: Allow students to choose bathroom?
What do you think of President Barack Obama's order that schools allow transgender students to pick their own bathroom or risk losing federal dollars? This never needed to be politicalI imagine those...
View ArticleEditor's Notebook: A look at the people behind the awards
We announced May 21 The Register-Mail's first ever Newspaper of the Year award from GateHouse. It's a big honor for the newsroom, and we're developing plans to celebrate this accomplishment with the...
View ArticleEditors Roundtable: Importance of Clinton's email server finding
How important is the State Department's report regarding Hillary Clinton's use of a private server for email?Finding adds to Clinton trustworthiness issueI'm not sure many voters were on the fence...
View ArticleEditors Roundtable: Pay freeze for teachers?
Should District 205 teachers agree to a pay freeze if the state is does not provide school funding?
View ArticleEditorial: Landowners get a win from Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court has given landowners a way to fight back if they feel government bureaucratic decisions are unfair or flawed.That is good news.The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers could determine...
View ArticleEditorial: Hate, terrorism and politics
Once again, mass violence has taken the lives of innocents, this time at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida. As has happened too often these last few years — at the Boston Marathon in 2012, a Colorado...
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