Deerfield Opinion
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Editorial: Cook County takes soda-tax fight to dangerous new levelAug 06, 2017 11:00 pm - We would have thought that taking out after citizens who exercised their rights to challenge their government would be an action beneath the standards of Cook County Boa...
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Help wanted: Skilled workforce for the future of manufacturingAug 06, 2017 11:00 pm - AVAILABLE: Six-figure position with limitless potential and opportunity that requires no education debt and offers employer-paid training in the high-demand STEM field. ...
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Moylan urges Cook County to repeal beverage taxAug 02, 2017 11:00 pm - Sweetened beverage tax should be repealed Hardworking families in Cook County continue to face not only rising costs, but every level of government taking mor...
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Help Support our Animal ShelterJul 31, 2017 11:00 pm - Receive $25 off any service at our dental office. Items needed Paper Towels Anti-bacerial hand soap Dishwashing liquid Food (any canned cat, dog, kitten, and puppy foo...
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Editorial: Cook County overreaches with unfair beverage taxJul 29, 2017 2:00 pm - Here's the problem we have with the beverage tax that Cook County is trying to impose on all of us who stop at the supermarket or drive through a fast-food restaurant. W...
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State, not county, should manage minimum wageJun 18, 2017 1:00 am - Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle made a comment this past week about suburban communities who've opted out of Cook County's minimum wage hike and paid sick l...
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Values, not home, drove push for minimum wage hikeMay 26, 2017 1:00 am - I appreciate the kind words regarding my stewardship of Cook County that begin a recent Daily Herald editorial. Since taking office in December 2010, my administration h...
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Editorial: $25 million questions remain as tollway set to again study Route 53 extensionMay 25, 2017 1:00 am - Where's the Lake County buy-in? And where does this all end? These are our questions as the Illinois tollway board votes today whether to spend $25 million to study buil...
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Editorial: How Preckwinkle lost suburbs on minimum wageMay 18, 2017 1:00 am - As we've noted in this space plenty of times before, there is much that impresses us about Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle. She has introduced discipline in...
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Editorial: Drug culture video is important watching for suburbsMay 08, 2017 11:00 pm - Ethan Deardorff is 20. He's been sober for three years. Think about that. He was in need of help at age 17. And he knows so many others who were or still are in need of ...