Editorials
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Endorsement: Wynes for the GOP in Congress Dist. 10Feb 19, 2018 10:00 pm - After almost a decade of swinging back and forth between Democratic U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider and former Republican U.S. Rep. Bob Dold, the 10th Congressional District ha...
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Endorsement: Underwood for the Democrats in Congress Dist. 14Feb 19, 2018 10:00 pm - In a midterm election, so the theory goes, the president's party generally has a tougher time holding seats in Congress. Seven Democratic candidates, however, believe th...
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Endorsement: Quigley for the Democrats in Congress Dist. 5Feb 19, 2018 10:00 pm - Mike Quigley has been in Congress since 2009 and has been a reliably progressive voice on immigration, net neutrality, gay rights and reinstating the ban on assault weap...
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Electric monitoring in Kane County, a new approach in Long Grove, a good game in Elmhurst and more.Feb 17, 2018 12:00 am - Not the news we want It was not lost on us that on our front pages some days we could have had as many as three articles concerning fatal shootings. The shooting of...
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Endorsement: Kennedy for governor in Democratic primaryFeb 16, 2018 12:00 am - From a distance, Chris Kennedy doesn't seem to look much like his charismatic father. But up close, looking at him from the side, you recognize it in his profile: the un...
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Endorsement: Rauner for governor in Republican primaryFeb 16, 2018 12:00 am - The question facing voters in the Republican primary election for governor on March 20 is who will be the standard-bearer of the party. Will it be a sincere, stalwart bu...
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Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials
Feb 14, 2018 6:00 am - Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Feb. 11 The Washington Post on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention needing money to prepa...
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Editorial: NIU shooting survivors still have much to teach usFeb 14, 2018 12:00 am - Forward, together forward. Ten years ago that saying meant trying to look ahead in the hours, days, maybe months after five Northern Illinois University students were ki...
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Editorial: Don't lose sight of goals in fight over details of Rauner budgetFeb 13, 2018 10:00 pm - It will come as a surprise to no one when the budget Gov. Bruce Rauner delivered to the Illinois General Assembly on Wednesday bears almost no similarity to whatever doc...
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Editorial: What we need from governor is an honest budgetFeb 12, 2018 10:00 pm - Every year about this time, Illinoisans get an object lesson in what their leaders think of them and their state constitution. This lesson comes in the form of the gover...