DuPage County Opinion
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Editorial: Help pollinators by planting native flowersAug 10, 2021 1:00 am - Experts have been sounding the alarm for many years about the dwindling numbers of pollinators - bees, butterflies and others - and why that's something we all should ca...
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Editorial: DuPage keeps pressure on, even as opioid crisis deepensAug 04, 2021 1:00 am - The opioid crisis has steadily deepened over the years and has only been accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. But, in DuPage County in particular, where the coroner fir...
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Editorials: Communities, agencies work together to assure police staffingJul 22, 2021 1:00 am - Struggling to find qualified applicants to fill its ranks, the Wayne Police Department recently asked the sheriff's offices in DuPage and Kane counties to provide overni...
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Editorial: Getting tough on violent crimeJul 15, 2021 1:00 am - (Second in an editorial series) When she ran for reelection last year, Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx blamed the pandemic for the rise in the number of cases of v...
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Behind the Curtain: Our tornado coverage began with a 'Dear God' message and a fire alert tweetJul 06, 2021 6:00 am - My heart sank when I saw the email shortly after midnight on June 21. An hour earlier, a powerful tornado ripped through Naperville, Woodridge and Darien. So I had sent ...
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Behind the Curtain: Introducing Alexa Jurado, from long-time reader to reporting internJul 05, 2021 6:00 am - A native of Chicago's suburbs, Alexa Jurado grew up with the Daily Herald on her grandparents' coffee table. Now, she is a reporting intern for the paper, covering Bart...
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Letter: We must learn to reject all-or-nothing thinkingJul 03, 2021 1:00 am - Children think in black-and-white terms because of their lack of experience and lack of cognitive development. Many a parent has heard, "Everyone else is going!" as thei...
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Letter: Municipalities should not take sides in Pride politicsJul 03, 2021 1:00 am - In his letter to the editor on June 26 pressuring Palatine Mayor Schwantz to fly the rainbow flag over the town hall, Drew King states: "In America, everyone has the rig...
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Letter: This is no time to gouge businessesJul 03, 2021 1:00 am - The hospitality industry has suffered one of the worst years on record as a result of the pandemic. After 15 months of shutdowns and occupancy restrictions, our business...
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Editorial: When disaster strikes, the fortunate step upJun 22, 2021 1:00 am - The scariest thing about a tornado is its unpredictability. In one house, five kids are huddled in the basement - untouched. Next door, a couple sleeps blissfully unawar...