McHenry County Opinion
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Barrington: Choose renewable energyJun 26, 2017 5:00 am - All village of Barrington residents have gotten a letter from Dynegy Energy this week. All residents will be able to choose to get their electricity from renewable sourc...
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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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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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Consider this stat on global warmingJun 15, 2017 12:01 am - If you research global warming and loss of sea ice at the NASA site, you'll get a totally different take on this. NASA has monitored the sea ice flows by satellite sinc...
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Terrified at possible loss of coverageJun 10, 2017 1:00 am - I have recently begun working as a freelance consultant in order to spend more time taking care of my parents. One of the factors that enabled me to leave my full-time,...
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Looking for an honest appraisal of the newsJun 07, 2017 12:01 am - Mr. Gerson's recent column is another example of the bias that is being aimed at President Trump. In particular the last three paragraphs of his essay could easily have ...
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'Helicopter' pressJun 04, 2017 1:00 am - Reference DH: "Kushner sought secret talks?" of May 27. OK,, let me get this straight. An adviser to President Trump (Jared Kushner) talked to the Russian ambassador to ...
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Notre Dame protest was rude, ill-timedJun 04, 2017 12:01 am - On May 2 at the Notre Dame Commencement, several students walked out as Vice President Pence was introduced. Their walkout was a protest of the Trump/Pence administratio...
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Where's the outrage, conservative media?May 31, 2017 12:01 am - Just imagine how deafening the outrage from the conservative media would have been if President Obama had displayed the same level of boorish behavior that we have seen ...