Editorials
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Making a statement on supportive housingJun 21, 2017 11:00 pm - People with disabilities live all around us. And often, in the suburbs, they live with great difficulty, thanks to a dearth of support from a state mired in budget calam...
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Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials
Jun 21, 2017 7:00 am - Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ June 21 The New York Times on the health care bill: We do not know a lot about what is in the health...
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Editorial: Village, Dist. 214 must find compromise on TIFJun 20, 2017 11:00 pm - By all accounts, the village of Mount Prospect and Northwest Suburban High School District 214 have always had a good working relationship. And that's to the benefit of ...
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Editorial: U-46 budget forecast puts earnestness in perspectiveJun 19, 2017 11:00 pm - Grim earnestness pulses from every press release and podium these days when Illinois leaders talk about the state budget. Their declarations of woe and urgency will no d...
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Editorial: A response to hate crime that goes beyond punishmentJun 18, 2017 11:00 pm - Sometimes, it's just a thin line that separates an act of vandalism from a hate crime. A law prompted by the efforts of a Naperville woman could clarify the distinction,...
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Father's Day editorial: Dads define who we areJun 17, 2017 4:30 pm - We came across this observation from gifted Indian author Kiran Desai a while back, and we were so powerfully moved by it that we tucked it away for a day like today: "W...
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The Soapbox: Traffic innovation in Elk Grove Village, winners in Naperville, tenacity in Carpentersville and more.Jun 17, 2017 1:00 am - We'll get used to it Traffic engineers who know a whole lot more about keeping us safe on the roads than most of us, swear by the "diverging diamond" lane configur...
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Editorial: Public transit hope on the horizon - for someJun 16, 2017 1:00 am - Thursday was Dump the Pump Day across the country, a day in which the American Public Transportation Association and public transportation systems encourage people to le...
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Editorial: Marengo explosion victims need help at a 'surreal' timeJun 13, 2017 11:00 pm - Jennifer Sells Olster knows what it means to be a good friend and a good neighbor. Her Marengo neighbors are in need, and Olster and Nicole Laegeler are among many doing...
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Editorial: Baseball shooter's actions were perversion of views he espousedJun 13, 2017 11:00 pm - Let's start by recognizing that the Belleville man who shot five people at a Virginia baseball practice may have been a supporter of former presidential candidate and Ve...