Editorials
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Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials
Mar 29, 2017 7:00 am - Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ March 29 The Telegraph, UK, on Britain formally beginning the process to leave the European Union: T...
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Endorsements: Alford Hinde, Heim, Jendras, Weinstock for Glenbard Township High School District 87.Mar 29, 2017 1:00 am - Glenbard Township High School District 87 is a strong, large, fiscally sound school district on the northern end of DuPage County with four excellent high schools. Seven...
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Endorsement: Yes for Bartlett Fire Protection District tax hikeMar 29, 2017 1:00 am - The ultimate referendum question facing taxpayers in the Bartlett Fire Protection District on the April 4 ballot is pretty straightforward. Do they want to spend a littl...
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Endorsement: Yes on Pingree Grove fire stationsMar 29, 2017 1:00 am - The Pingree Grove and Countryside Fire Protection District is asking voters April 4 for permission to borrow $8.5 million to build two new fire stations to replace two e...
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Editorial: In Illinois, no one to take up the slack for federal cutsMar 28, 2017 11:00 pm - In crafting a budget, President Donald Trump wants to get many responsibilities off the back of the federal government. Cuts like eliminating community development block...
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Editorial: We can't be lulled to complacency on hazardous materials safetyMar 26, 2017 11:00 pm - Union Pacific spokeswoman Calli Hite observed in a Daily Herald story on rail safety Monday that, "More than 99.99 percent of rail hazmat shipments reach their destinati...
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Editorial: The Mendoza line on legislators payMar 25, 2017 2:00 pm - The popular idea that Illinois legislators should see their paychecks penalized when failing to ensure that all the state's other creditors get paid is not a new one. No...
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Heroes in Hoffman Estates and St. Charles, a new hospital CEO in Elmhurst and more.Mar 25, 2017 1:00 am - Selfless action I Whatever caused the fire at a Hoffman Estates apartment complex that injured a 62-year-old man, he's very lucky Malgorzata Rostecka happened to b...
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Editorial: Community colleges help students find jobs on the road and in the trades.Mar 23, 2017 1:00 am - We in the suburbs take great pride in our schools with their high test scores, low dropout rates and the numbers of kids who go on to college. We celebrate our STEM prog...
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Editorial: Listen to agencies that would feel consequences of Hoffman Estates developmentMar 22, 2017 11:00 pm - The acronym TIF refers to a conversation-stopping tax strategy that is not easy to understand but can have direct consequences for communities, schools, parks, libraries...