Cook County Opinion
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Collection for troops went well beyond expectations
May 31, 2018 5:00 AM - Letter to the editor: Help USA Troops got a ton of donations and a whole lot of volunteers, for its latest care package drive for troops overseas. -
Endorsement: Yarbrough for the Democratic nomination for Cook County clerk.
Mar 2, 2018 1:00 AM - The Daily Herald endorses Karen A. Yarbrough for the Democratic nomination for Cook County clerk. -
Endorsements: Pappas for the Democratic nomination for Cook County treasurer.
Mar 2, 2018 1:00 AM - The Daily Herald endorses incumbent Maria Pappas for the Democratic nomination for Cook County treasurer. -
Endorsement: Morrison for Democrats in Cook County Board Dist. 15
Mar 1, 2018 11:54 AM - The Daily Herald endorses Kevin B. Morrison for the Democratic nomination for Cook County commissioner from the 15th District. -
Endorsement: Kaegi for Democrats as Cook County assessor
Mar 1, 2018 11:46 AM - The Daily Herald endorses Fritz Kaegi for the Democratic nomination for Cook County assessor. -
A defiant Tom PettyOct 18, 2017 1:00 AM - Years ago, a DJ out of Chicago summed up the song "I Won't Back Down" with a remark, "A defiant Tom Petty." The phrasing and sense of his words seemed certainly perfect but as fleeting as anything else. Las Vegas just happened Oct. 1. It happened to all of us and we don't know why. We can only try to wrangle it into some purpose, some ultimate reason, but most of the time it's useless in this too-often-clouded stream of events, of information, of pain and sorrow.
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Editorial: Cook County races should be about more than beverage tax
Sep 29, 2017 9:40 AM - The millions of dollars from outsiders that will be poured into the 2018 Cook County races may make it hard to see there is more than a sweetened beverage tax at stake in this election, a Daily Herald editorial says. -
Editorial: Repeal of sweetened beverage tax is right thing to do
Sep 18, 2017 7:05 PM - A Daily Herald editorial urges Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and members of the county board to listen to the complaints of citizens and businesses and repeal the arbitrary, unfair and unwise tax on sweetened beverages. -
Editorial Board invites you to beverage tax quiz
Sep 12, 2017 1:21 PM - With the Cook County Board expected to hear arguments Wednesday to abandoned the controversial sweetened beverage tax, the Daily Herald Editorial Board is asking Facebook readers to guess how much the tax adds to a $22.84 assortment of beverages. -
Editorial: Cook County takes soda-tax fight to dangerous new level
Aug 7, 2017 5:41 PM - A Daily Herald editorial says that Cook County's plans to seek $17 million from an agency that legally challenged the sweetened-drink tax is an outrageous violation of democratic principles.
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