Editorials
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Editorial: Making the race conversation localJul 22, 2020 11:00 pm - When Mount Prospect created its Community Engagement Committee in 2019, it didn't come without some risk. After all, when you ask a community of 54,000 people to engage ...
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Editorial: Feds have a role to play in quelling Chicago gun crime - but not with heavy handJul 21, 2020 11:00 pm - It seems certain that President Donald Trump will send federal law enforcement agents to Chicago to help quell gun violence that is wracking certain parts of the city. B...
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Editorial Roundup:
Jul 21, 2020 7:00 am - South Bend Tribune. July 16, 2020. A step toward more transparency about Hoosier nursing homes The announcement earlier this month that Indiana officials will release fa...
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Illinois Editorial Roundup:
Jul 21, 2020 7:00 am - July 19, 2020 The (Champaign) News-Gazette Virus numbers tell a grim story Continuing his battle to limit the spread of the coronavirus, Gov. J.B. Pritzker last week ann...
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Editorial: COVID experience has shown the value of online government meetingsJul 20, 2020 11:00 pm - A lot of us could have lived without our COVID-19-imposed new familiarity with Zoom, Facebook Live and other group meeting apps. But now that we're here, we can see reas...
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The Soapbox: It's the Olympians' personal touch that will really countJul 18, 2020 1:00 am - Olympians visit We'll be looking for Elk Grove Village's Makers Wanted brand on 2021 summer Olympic venues and ads as a result of a sponsorship announced this week,...
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Editorial: It can be denied no longer: Speaker Madigan must goJul 17, 2020 11:00 pm - Federal prosecutors have not yet indicated whether they will indict the Illinois House speaker they dub “Public Official A” in documents filed with an explosive ComEd pl...
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Sue Young should have local company in Senior Hall of FameJul 16, 2020 1:00 am - Last fall, Sue Young, long a vocal music presence in Northbrook, was inducted into the Senior Illinoisans Hall of Fame. Not only was it a well-deserved honor for her. It...
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Editorial Roundup: US
Jul 15, 2020 7:00 am - Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ July 14 The New York Times on extending unemployment benefits in the United States amid the coronavi...
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Our view: Let's campaign to build nursing numbersJul 15, 2020 1:00 am - A recent think tank report has concluded that when the COVID-19 pandemic hit in late winter, a severe nursing shortage already existing in Illinois hospitals meant the s...