Elgin 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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Guest opinion: Communities need state funding restored to protect property taxesMar 11, 2022 12:00 am - As the elected village presidents of Hanover Park and Hoffman Estates, it is our pleasure to write this essay on behalf of our residents concerning the restoration of th...
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Letter: Why are people so opposed to COVID-19 vaccines?Dec 27, 2021 12:00 am - Thank you for the follow-up story on Alix Atwell, the nurse with the long-haul COVID-19 from 18 months ago. No tests or doctors' assessments can find the cause of her we...
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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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Editorial: The community and the ESODec 22, 2021 12:00 am - The Elgin Symphony Orchestra has been a source of pride in the community for decades. Founded in 1950, the ESO became a fully professional orchestra in 1985. It was name...
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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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'I am tired. We are tired': A Letter from a COVID-19 ICU doctorOct 20, 2021 1:00 am - I am tired. We are tired. March 18th, 2020, is a day I will never forget. We opened our first COVID-19 unit and I began admitting patients with suspected COVID pneumonia...
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Editorial: Local governments should meet in personOct 20, 2021 1:00 am - (in collaboration with the Illinois Press Association) Every local government has issues large and small that affect the lives of the people it serves. Should residents ...