Hoffman Estates Opinion
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Editorial: Dist. 211 should find creative alternatives to transgender planOct 12, 2015 11:00 pm - The practice of high school students changing in the locker room has always been complicated for some students. Whether you feel you're too skinny or overweight or just ...
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Missed chance on gun controlOct 09, 2015 1:00 am - A number of the Republican presidential candidates are using Chicago as an example of how gun laws don't work. Do they remember that when the last Daley was mayor, the C...
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Editorial: Intervention a key component in campus protectionsOct 07, 2015 11:00 pm - A day after the shootings at Umpqua Community College in Oregon last week, Elgin Community College officials announced ECC had become the first college in the suburbs to...
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Editorial: U-46's 'canary' experience reveals health preparedness gapOct 05, 2015 11:00 pm - There are some things to take comfort in regarding the three-day Legionella scare at Elgin Area School District U-46. One is that people under 20 years old rarely cont...
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Editorial: Schools find a way to connect with families through new appSep 24, 2015 11:00 pm - Schools have always needed good lines of communication with the communities they serve, but perhaps never more than now. With controversies including but not limited to ...
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Give daily report on state's lost jobsSep 24, 2015 1:00 am - Back in the 1950s and '60s, Detroit airport had a sign that showed the number of automobiles assembled in a day. At the start of 2016, the state of Illinois should erect...
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Article overlooked good townships doSep 15, 2015 1:00 am - A recent article and Opinion in the Daily Herald was critical of how township General Assistance department's money was being spent. The article only compared the staf...
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Alter constitution to meet state's needsAug 18, 2015 1:00 am - The Illinois Constitution is a promisary note that has to be altered as conditions dictate. Everyone should have a pension of some sort. One pension not three or four. M...
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Maybe voting is a waste, after allAug 16, 2015 1:00 am - A friend of mine and I went to a local watering hole for lunch and a few drinks. The conversation ebbed and flowed, when finally the talk turned to voting. My friend sai...
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Editorial: A mother's gift with a message for all on bullyingJul 26, 2015 11:00 pm - The Fremd High School Class of 1975 hardly invented teenage bullying. Moreover, it is unfair and doubtless inaccurate to blame whatever bullying John Trout suffered on e...