Editorials
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Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials
May 02, 2018 7:00 am - Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ April 27 USA Today on the red flags that presaged the Waffle House shooting: The vast majority of Am...
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A stand against public-paid golden parachutesMay 01, 2018 11:00 pm - What happens when a top government administrator gets sent packing? Often, lawyers for the employer and employee negotiate, a severance package is worked out, all agree ...
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Editorial: Skills-based education just as important as college prepMay 01, 2018 11:00 pm - High school juniors recently took the SAT college entrance exam while seniors are making their final choices for school next year. It's an annual ritual at the highly to...
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Editorial: New crosswalk rules will need awareness, enforcementApr 29, 2018 11:00 pm - From its beginning, a well-meaning 2010 law requiring motorists to stop for pedestrians in marked crosswalks has been met with a mix of confusion, ignorance and indiffer...
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Editorial: The expensive risk College of DuPage has placed on taxpayersApr 28, 2018 2:00 pm - It was almost three years ago that we warned that the College of DuPage Board was risking the public's money in what we described as its "obsessive and oddly venomous" f...
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A race for needy in DuPage, ice cream takes to the streets in Elgin, a campaign of hope in Mount Prospect and more.Apr 28, 2018 1:00 am - Peer pressure Another shoutout to Schaumburg High senior Emily Staudt, recent recipient of the village's Volunteer of the Year, youth category. Emily is all sorts o...
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Editorial: At last, legislation to address tollway contractsApr 25, 2018 11:00 pm - After the Daily Herald reported last fall that the Illinois Tollway had hired for a major contract an engineering company that employs the tollway chairman's daughter an...
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Editorial: Resource shift will provide needed mentorship for foster kidsApr 25, 2018 11:00 pm - Most of us will do just about anything for our kids. We teach them right from wrong, show them the importance of education and prepare them for adulthood. We support the...
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Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials
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Editorial: Repeated cases demonstrate need for vigilance in DUI fightApr 23, 2018 11:00 pm - Society's battle against drunken driving was born in the 1980s. Mothers Against Drunk Drivers or MADD was founded in 1980 and changed its name and its focus to Mothers A...