Editorials
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Daily Herald opinion: Meeting a local jobs need: Select four-year degrees could be win-win for employers, studentsMay 07, 2025 6:41 am - Daily Herald opinion: Giving community colleges the ability to offer four-year baccalaureate degrees in limited, rigidly defined subject areas could provide the opportunity for more students to get them — and thereby help to fill needed labor roles in their communities.
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Daily Herald opinion: Imbalance of power: Policy is worthy of debate and subject to change, but we cannot allow the means of enacting it to be alteredMay 06, 2025 4:00 am - Daily Herald opinion: Presidents have increasingly usurped Congress' authority over time, enabled by lawmakers from both parties who have failed to enact structural reforms to rein in executive power.
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Daily Herald opinion: A complicated legacy: Ryan’s life, leadership defined by diverse considerationsMay 03, 2025 2:30 pm - Daily Herald opinion: Upon the deaths of certain political or cultural leaders, the legacy that is left behind can be readily apparent and, even if tinged by sadness, fairly easy to describe. And then, there is George Ryan.
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Daily Herald opinion: World Press Freedom Day: A threat to press freedom is a threat to democracyMay 02, 2025 6:27 am - Daily Herald opinion: World Press Freedom Day arrives amid federal efforts to undermine First Amendment protections.
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Daily Herald opinion: A makeover strategy works: DuPage forest preserve finds success with its golf coursesApr 29, 2025 4:00 am - Daily Herald opinion: The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County collected $8.38 million in revenue from its three golf courses last year. The record total comes just a decade after other suburban courses were struggling.
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Daily Herald opinion: ‘Intexticated’ driving: Secretary of state’s new program calls attention to ‘an epidemic in America’Apr 27, 2025 4:00 am - We can’t let Distracted Driving Awareness Month end today without a reminder that all drivers should take with them all year long. Don’t X and drive. Don’t adjust your ph...
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Daily Herald opinion: Another risk facing public transit: As hearing showed, lawmakers need to deal with public safety as much as with financial securityApr 26, 2025 2:00 pm - Daily Herald opinion: A legislative hearing last week emphasized the urgency of addressing both safety and financial issues, as they are interconnected and failure to address them could further deter riders and exacerbate the agencies' financial challenges.
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Daily Herald opinion: Sen. Dick Durbin has served our state, and our nation, wellApr 25, 2025 4:00 am - Daily Herald opinion: Sen. Dick Durbin leaves an incredible legacy as he announces he will not seek another term.
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Daily Herald opinion: Bears, Arlington Heights move a step closer to the end zoneApr 23, 2025 4:00 am - Daily Herald opinion: There is momentum building for the Chicago Bears to develop a stadium at the former Arlington Park racing track site, while plans for a lakefront stadium face challenges.
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Daily Herald opinion: Low-hanging consolidation fruit?: Calls for blending mosquito fight into county operations tempting, but just a startApr 22, 2025 4:00 am - Daily Herald opinion: A March 24 Civic Federation report calling for the consolidation of four separate mosquito abatement districts under the auspices of the Cook County Department of Public Health might seem on the surface to represent attractive “low-hanging fruit” to fight mosquitoes “more efficiently, equitably, and transparently,” in the words of the report.The emphasis there, though is on the word “might.”