Keep e-zones working for you (Daily Gazette) In a perfect world, units of government would not have to offer tax rebates and other incentives to attract and retain businesses.

Diversionary pension plan (Belleville News-Democrat) Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan wants to fix the state’s pension crisis by dumping on local governments, putting them into crisis mode. How’s that for leadership?

Our Opinion: Postal do-over gives city some hope (State Journal-Register) After nine months of waiting, tension and uncertainty about the future of the mail processing center here, the U.S. Postal Service this week gave Springfield and its postal employees an answer: more waiting, tension and uncertainty.