Editorials
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Editorial: Declaring national emergency would help local communities fight opioid crisisAug 07, 2017 11:00 pm - Is the country facing a national emergency over the opioid epidemic? That's what a White House commission says in its recommendations to President Trump. The commission ...
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Editorial: Cook County takes soda-tax fight to dangerous new levelAug 06, 2017 11:00 pm - We would have thought that taking out after citizens who exercised their rights to challenge their government would be an action beneath the standards of Cook County Boa...
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Editorial: The courage and devotion of Hosea PaddockAug 06, 2017 11:00 am - We try to make a point each year of remembering our founder, Hosea C. Paddock, on the anniversary of his birth. Please bear with us. He was born 165 years ago on a Thurs...
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Editorial: Tourism report reminds us to treasure suburbs :Aug 02, 2017 11:00 pm - With a hefty increase in the state income tax, a state government that barely functions, a new penny-an-ounce tax on soda in Cook County and news that Illinois ranks sec...
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Editorial: In search of O'Hare Airport noise reliefAug 02, 2017 1:00 am - If you live near O'Hare International Airport, the term "Fly Quiet" may be a misnomer. But when it comes to overnight flights, it's an important term that is in need of ...
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Editorial: Rauner, Madigan, Cullerton must seek school compromiseAug 01, 2017 11:00 pm - Are we headed for another standoff? In one corner: Illinois' Democrat-led legislature that tucked a requirement for a new school funding formula into a groundbreaking st...
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Editorial: Bicentennial is time to learn about KaskaskiaJul 30, 2017 11:00 pm - In naming downstate Kaskaskia Island as the starting point to Illinois' 200th birthday celebration, the Bicentennial committee has put a stamp of approval on downstate R...
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Editorial: Cook County overreaches with unfair beverage taxJul 29, 2017 2:00 pm - Here's the problem we have with the beverage tax that Cook County is trying to impose on all of us who stop at the supermarket or drive through a fast-food restaurant. W...
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Editorial: Flood of 2017 can't dampen suburbs' heart, volunteer spiritJul 26, 2017 11:00 pm - We often see the full measure of what community means when things seem at their worst. It's neighbor helping neighbor. It's residents and businesses giving their time an...
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Editorial: Rauner should sign juvenile records bill nowJul 25, 2017 11:00 pm - As Gov. Bruce Rauner waits for reluctant Democratic legislative leaders to send him an education funding bill, he has another bill already on his desk that needs signing...