Cook County Opinion
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A legislative solution to carbon problemOct 05, 2019 1:00 am - It would be remiss of me not to thank the Daily Herald for its publication of several excellent editorials and opinion columns prior to the recent climate strikes and Un...
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Consider natural warming in the oceansOct 05, 2019 1:00 am - Regarding the Opinion page Sept. 30.: Thank you to George Barney and William Loftus for your letters about climate change and to the Daily Herald for printing them. I wo...
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Getting 'Real ID' a real nightmareOct 04, 2019 1:00 am - In March, I went to the DMV in Des Plaines. It was time to renew my license. I did so. In May, the new law came out stating that you needed to obtain the Real ID if you ...
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Take time to read the transcriptOct 02, 2019 1:00 am - If American citizens and voters are going to be subjected by extreme, partisan Democrats to the water torture and divisiveness of impeachment hearings based upon interpr...
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Give residents a voice before extending DiMucci development approvalSep 30, 2019 11:00 pm - As a news organization, we know deadlines. And when a deadline is approaching, well, you'd better get done, or you've missed your chance. In Lake County government, dea...
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Add to efforts being made by businessesSep 30, 2019 1:00 am - Thank you for your editorial about a role for business in responding to climate change. I'm heartened that Ford, Volkswagen, BMW and Honda are moving ahead with a deal w...
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Keep coverage front and centerSep 30, 2019 1:00 am - We commend the Daily Herald for the recent editorial series "Covering Climate Change." We agree that the reality of climate change and the need to deal with it require t...
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The controlled chaos of real breaking newsSep 28, 2019 1:00 am - By midafternoon on a Friday, the weekend beckons in a newsroom just as it does anywhere else. That was the sunny mood on Friday, Sept. 20, as editors gathered in what w...
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County must upgrade election equipmentSep 26, 2019 1:00 am - The seven DuPage local League of Women Voters organizations - Aurora Area, Downers Grove-Woodridge-Lisle, Elmhurst, Glen Ellyn, Naperville, Roselle-Bloomingdale and Whea...
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Editorial: Municipalities must lead the way to protecting suburban mallsSep 25, 2019 11:00 pm - It's unlikely that until a week ago many of us knew what a bollard was, outside of sailors, developers and professional safety experts. Then, last Friday, a 22-year-old ...