Editorials
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Editorial: Elgin opts for transparency in I-90 police shootingMar 25, 2018 1:00 am - Of all the images that made the news Thursday with the release of an Elgin police video documenting the fatal shooting of Decynthia Clements, the one that strikes us har...
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Kindness in Mundelein, a Glendale Heights getaway, a try for the Triangle in Mount Prospect and more.Mar 23, 2018 11:00 pm - Is peace at hand? President Donald Trump's chief national security adviser is an avowed war hawk who still calls the costly, based-on-a-mistake war in Iraq a good ...
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Editorial: Is hoarding reserves violating spirit of tax cap law?Mar 22, 2018 11:00 pm - Back in 1991, in response to runaway property taxes, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will counties were subjected to a new law that created hurdles to continued growth i...
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Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials
Mar 21, 2018 7:00 am - Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ March 21 The Charleston Gazette on President Donald Trump's plan to tackle the opioid crisis: The Tr...
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Editorial: Suburban schools would be eye-opening for education secretary DeVosMar 20, 2018 11:00 pm - U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos had a tough week last week. She kicked it off with a universally panned 60 Minutes interview which called into question her knowledg...
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Taxpayers deserve answers on departures Citizens should know what they're paying for with expensive contract buyoutsMar 20, 2018 12:00 am - Let's start with this basic premise: Taxpayers deserve to know why they're paying Libertyville's administrator to leave. And they're not just paying him a little bit. Ta...
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Memories in Carol Stream, taking a stand in Schaumburg, thinking big in Mundelein and moreMar 17, 2018 1:00 am - How big JB's bank account really is To put J.B. Pritzker's personal campaign donation of $63 million into perspective: While Chris Kennedy's fortune is undisclosed,...
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Editorial: Student protests rise to level that deserves attentionMar 14, 2018 11:00 pm - So, maybe this is how you really do it. If you were alive and cogent in the '60s and '70s you don't have to think hard to remember the protests that washed over the nati...
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Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials
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Editorial: Students' lesson on courage and guns that leaders should heedMar 13, 2018 11:00 pm - This is a day to think about courage and gun policy. At 10 a.m. today, students at numerous suburban high schools have scheduled an organized walkout to call attention t...