Cook County Opinion
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Forest preserve, preserve forestsJun 20, 2017 12:01 am - While enjoying a beautiful day hiking through the Big Rock forest preserve and camp ground outside Elgin, I was surprised by a Nicor truck driving up the trail. As I st...
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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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Teacher unions got passJun 18, 2017 1:00 am - Your editorial "The quest for true reform" protests too much about the political deal favoring Chicago schools and too little about the role played by powerful teachers ...
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A scolding about patriotism prompts a practical solutionJun 17, 2017 2:00 pm - Ah, if only the world would work like this a little more often. Lauren Zannini says she was “heartbroken” when she walked around her Elgin neighborhood Memorial Day week...
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Use ballot box as health care reminderJun 17, 2017 1:00 am - There are several things that we know about the Trumpcare proposal currently hidden away by GOP Senators. We know 24 million people will lose their coverage and their co...
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Columnist was rightJun 17, 2017 1:00 am - I couldn't agree more with Walter Williams' column on "Lunacy on campus." Comparing evil and our American flag to the Nazi and Islamic flags is unconscionable. I can't b...
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911 bill needs governor's signatureJun 17, 2017 1:00 am - On behalf of the Illinois Fire Chiefs Association, and the men and women of public safety in Illinois, we encourage Gov. Rauner to sign Senate Bill 1839. Without his sig...
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No comparison of Comey, WatergateJun 17, 2017 1:00 am - On June 11, the Daily Herald editorial board weighed in on the historic testimony delivered to Congress by former FBI Director James Comey. But the board's leap in noti...
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Climate change is a scam to share wealthJun 16, 2017 1:00 am - Thank you, President Trump, for withdrawing the U.S. from the Paris climate accord. In the 1980s, thousands of leaked British University of East Anglia Climate Research...
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School finance reform is not Chicago bailoutJun 15, 2017 11:00 pm - I am grateful for the views expressed by state Sen. Melinda Bush and Mimi Rodman from Stand For Children on Monday and telling us the truth about this legislation that w...