Cook County Opinion
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Editorial: U-46's Nashville trip worth a board reviewJul 30, 2018 11:00 pm - When local governments talk about sending officials on trips to out-of-town conferences or for research, suburban taxpayers may reflexively think "junket" and reach for ...
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How to clean out skunksJul 30, 2018 1:00 am - I'm writing with further aids to rid your yards of skunks … easy and relatively cheap, too. I've had skunks take up residence under our shed, which is raised off the gro...
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There's a difference between law, justiceJul 30, 2018 1:00 am - The current fiasco on immigration is a perfect example of law versus justice. Immigrants from Mexico have been welcomed to the United States since the 1940s and before. ...
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Pruitt's legacyJul 29, 2018 1:00 am - Scott Pruitt is gone and we can all breathe easier if only he hadn't legislated against clean air. So how about a toast with bottled water? No can do. He deregulated res...
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An alternative for state representativeJul 28, 2018 1:00 am - If anybody needs convincing that "all politics is local," they need look no further than our upcoming Illinois 48th District state representative race. Peter Breen is th...
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Politics, business and running a golf courseJul 28, 2018 1:00 am - If there ever was a reason for politicians to prove they cannot run a business, all we have to do is look at the Preserve at Oak Meadows and the commissioners that run t...
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We can't function with Trump as presidentJul 27, 2018 1:00 am - I loved the op-ed by Sen. John McCain in a recent edition of the Daily Herald. When he said President Trump and President Putin "seemed to be speaking from the same scri...
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"Hidden in Plain Sight": Hundreds of Immigrant Children and Teens Housed in Opaque Network of Chicago-Area SheltersJul 26, 2018 11:00 pm - One shelter, in Bronzeville on Chicago's South Side, still bears an awning with the name of a nursing home, though no senior citizens have lived there in years. Another ...
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Get informed and vote to protect valuesJul 26, 2018 1:00 am - Whether you voted Republican or Democratic in 2016, the Trump Administration - along with its congressional and judicial partners - has already left you worse off than b...
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Thanks, but ...Jul 26, 2018 1:00 am - In his new round of television ads, JB Pritzker chronicles his efforts that created thousands of jobs through his job incubator. Thank you JB, you have proved for me tha...