Editorials
-
Editorial: Task force offers little help for cutting property taxesJan 08, 2020 10:00 pm - According to its draft report, the 88-member Illinois Property Tax Relief Task Force and its seven subcommittees met at least 35 times between August and December, under...
-
Editorial: A new kind of American Legion postJan 08, 2020 10:00 pm - The American Legion - woven into our suburbs as color guards leading local parades, honor guards at veterans' funerals, bingo-and-beer gathering halls, poppy sales and t...
-
Editorial Roundup: US
Jan 08, 2020 6:00 am - Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Jan. 8 The Miami Herald on providing Puerto Rico with aid after the commonwealth experienced an 5.8 ...
-
Editorial Roundup: Recent editorials in Illinois newspapers
Jan 07, 2020 6:00 am - January 6, 2020 Chicago Tribune The tragedy of child abuse overlooked: DCFS and the rest of us have to do better A new report by the Office of the Inspector General of t...
-
Editorial Roundup:
Jan 07, 2020 6:00 am - The Munster Times. January 1, 2020 Senseless slaughter in Gary should move us all to act On the eve of the new year Tuesday afternoon, the number of people senselessly s...
-
Editorial: Tollway's refusal to offer change at ramps is more than pocket change to someJan 06, 2020 10:00 pm - Two months ago, transportation writer Marni Pyke wrote about how 80 of the Illinois Tollway's new touch screen toll machines do not give change. These machines are just ...
-
Editorial: Calling on candidates, voters to shun divisiveness in campaignsJan 05, 2020 10:00 pm - We asked suburban voters to start 2020 by pledging to be informed and engaged in preparing for the March 17 primary election. Now, we have a proposition for anyone whose...
-
Editorial: Centrists and the 2020 electionJan 04, 2020 1:00 pm - Permit us a few political observations as we begin a new year that no doubt will be marked by more of the nation's recent stormy politics. Severe left wingers in the Dem...
-
Editorial: Donnie Wahlberg's $2,020 tip to start 2020Jan 03, 2020 12:00 am - What are we going to remember about New Year's Day 2020? Hangovers pass. No, years from now, we'll remember that a celebrity couple from the suburbs opened the new year ...
-
Editorial: Governor, lawmakers, it's time to put up, not shut up, on 'Fair Maps'Jan 02, 2020 12:00 am - On Tuesday, we focused attention on one issue, ethics reform, that ought to be an easily accomplished legislative priority but has proved to be disturbingly difficult. T...