Editorials
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Editorial: Voter apathy shows need to consolidate governmentApr 02, 2017 2:00 pm - We arrive Tuesday at Election Day 2017, the less glorious kind of election day - not the national one with its pomp and circumstance, but the afterthought, the one about...
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Remembering Wayne Duke and a longtime co-worker, Counting down to Election Day and moreApr 01, 2017 5:00 am - The lasting impact of Wayne Duke: We're blessed in the suburbs to rub elbows with greatness, neighbors who make transcendent marks on the world. One such neighbor w...
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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...