Editorials
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Editorial: Bad government again on display in Island LakeMay 06, 2018 11:00 pm - In years past, we and other critics have had frequent occasions to single out elected officials in Island Lake for censure on any number of controversies or behaviors we...
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Editorial: Illinois legislators snub voters on fair maps againMay 04, 2018 11:00 pm - Here's what's likely to happen regarding fair elections in Illinois unless the people of the state get enraged enough to stop it: If the polls hold true, Democrat J.B. P...
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Editorial: Even pre-screened leader candidates need critical eyeMay 02, 2018 11:00 pm - There are several cautionary messages that emerge from the short, bumpy tenure of former Des Plaines school superintendent Floyd Williams Jr., but perhaps the most surpr...
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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...