Bartlett Opinion
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Daily Herald Opinion: DuPage County's participation may help towns fighting impact of proposed rail mergerMar 15, 2022 1:00 am - Eight suburban towns fighting a pending railroad merger have gained a valuable ally: DuPage County. The DuPage County Board voted last week to join the communities in op...
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Editorial: DuPage County partners with foundation to help nonprofitsFeb 15, 2022 12:00 am - DuPage leaders have long talked about the importance of providing financial support to not-for-profit groups serving as a safety net for the county's poorest and most vu...
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Editorial: Retiring board chairman leaves impressive record at DuPage Airport AuthorityFeb 02, 2022 12:00 am - Stephen Davis officially stepped down Monday as chairman of the DuPage Airport Authority board, ending an impressive nine-year run during which he helped oversee the DuP...
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Editorial: State should boost fund to municipalities and help control property taxesJan 18, 2022 12:00 am - Costs are rising for all of us. Inflation has increased the price of everything from gas and groceries to new and used cars, and it seems inevitable that as those expens...
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Zorn: The long litany of Foxx falsehoods on SmollettDec 27, 2021 12:00 am - The vast understatement of Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx's admission that she "didn't handle (the Smollett case) well" in an October 2019 interview with Axios ca...
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Editorial: State's Attorney Foxx, our non-prosecuting prosecutorDec 25, 2021 1:00 pm - If you ever sit in on a news conference or interview with Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx, she makes a good presentation - professional, unflappable, polished. And...
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Eric Zorn: What's next for actor Jussie Smollett and prosecutor Kim Foxx?Dec 20, 2021 4:30 am - EDITOR'S NOTE: The following items are excerpted from Eric Zorn's “Picayune Sentinel” daily newsletter of Dec. 16. Now what for Jussie Smollett? A Cook County ...
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Editorial: Suburbanites have till Friday to speak up about rail mergerDec 16, 2021 12:00 am - It's 2013 again, only instead of Barrington leading the charge against the Canadian National's acquisition of the EJ & E Railroad, this time several suburbs along the Ir...
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Editorial: DuPage County takes an important step forward using federal money to combat homelessnessDec 08, 2021 12:00 am - A nonprofit group came up with an innovative idea to fight homelessness. Meanwhile, a county board was willing to use millions of dollars in federal money to make a diff...
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Editorial: DuPage makes progress on new voting machines, but has more to doNov 10, 2021 12:00 am - DuPage County officials took a significant step toward improving the security and integrity of elections in the county when they recently agreed to purchase new voting m...