Opinion Stories from June 8, 2019 (Change date)
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Editorial: A backslide on curtailing public pension costsJun 08, 2019 2:00 pm - Fourteen years ago, lawmakers saw a problem: Union contracts across the state specified big automatic pay raises for schoolteachers and administrators in the last years ...
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Insightful articleJun 08, 2019 1:00 am - As a Muslim American, I truly enjoyed your article on Ramadan and students trying to balance all of their responsibilities during the month. The author captured the atmo...
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Looking forward to seriesJun 08, 2019 1:00 am - Regarding the monthly "Pulling Back The Curtain" feature, congratulations on a great idea, which was on the Daily Herald's Opinion page. Your new series is not only inf...
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Lawmakers were not true representativesJun 08, 2019 1:00 am - It was my understanding that our elected representatives in Springfield were to be just that: our representatives. To represent me, a person must be open to listening to...
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Marijuana and similarities to ProhibitionJun 08, 2019 1:00 am - Does anyone remember that alcohol was illegal in the 1920s? It was called Prohibition. The result was that more people drank than before, because it was illegal, organiz...
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Would you pay more? And more and more?Jun 08, 2019 1:00 am - Never are we asked what we the turnips better known as Illinois taxpayers would be willing to see cut like the crushing amount of taxing bodies this state has. Or why oh...
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What's the hurry on pot?Jun 08, 2019 1:00 am - Why the rush on marijuana legalization? Why only one year to study? We don't know how long it will be until the facts are in regarding the early-adopter states. No deadl...
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Comments misstate Catholic teachingJun 08, 2019 1:00 am - Response to Kathy Ryg's letter, "Laws should protect a private choice" I was not surprised at the timing or content of her letter. The Reproductive Health Act (SB25), ...
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FOID changes won't affect gun violenceJun 08, 2019 1:00 am - I just finished reading the article by Lindsey Salvatelli regarding the rally in Springfield on the new bill to change the FOID regulations. If anyone in Illinois thinks...
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Trump golfs while nation declinesJun 08, 2019 1:00 am - Like the decadent and ineffective Roman emperor Nero, who blithely played his lyre as Rome was destroyed by fire, our president plays golf at his private country clubs w...
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