* Should Chicago push its gambling luck?

* Scandal-ridden trade agency may be revived

* Statehouse Reeder: More fallout from Jacobs-Blago battle

* Opinion: No place for politics in stem cell science

* Sun-Times Editorial: Schools need three Rs, not silence

Teachers who see some value in starting their school days with one are already doing it. Other teachers place more value in starting their day a different way. Still others buckle down and start educating their students right away. Should they be the ones to decide what’s best for their classroom, or should the Legislature? For us, that’s an easy call. The governor shouldn’t let this unnecessary and silly bill become law.

* Opinion: Protect rights of college journalists; more at Illinoize

* Governor wants to stop gift card fees

* Sun-Times Editorial: Wine shipment law should protect choice

* Record ‘06 numbers for Illinois tourism

* Getting Lipinski’s message out cost taxpayers $230K

* Top 20 Illinois farm subsidy beneficiaries

* State legislatures reflect election changeover

* Study creates new round in death penalty debates: Do executions deter other murderers?

* Tribune Editorial: The art of transparency

* Todd H. Stroger: Critics of Cook Co. Board ignore its steps forward

* Cook Co. tightens up on ethics but stalls on vote

* Cook Co. to fund immigrants ‘ care

* County to end long-term hospital care

* Group Oks Daley plan for investigations

* Daley police reform plan advances

* Mayor says that IDOT’S delays on project approval costs money