Editorials
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Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials
Jan 11, 2017 6:00 am - Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Jan. 10 The Chicago Sun-Times on President Obama's farewell address: On Jan. 20, 1961, President Joh...
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Editorial: Hopefully, court will swiftly end annexation 'stunt' involving Naperville and other townsJan 09, 2017 10:00 pm - Petition challenges in local elections can sometimes seem petty and inconsequential. Too often, one candidate - or usually a surrogate - hopes to derail competition by g...
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Editorial: Review after house fire shows many still need to get serious about smoke detectorsJan 08, 2017 10:00 pm - We'd like to think working smoke detectors are as common in suburban dwellings as light bulbs. They are relatively inexpensive to buy, easy to maintain and available at ...
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Editorial: Batavia anti-home rule drive puts focus on tensions, importance of electionsJan 07, 2017 1:00 pm - The 1970 Illinois Constitution was drafted with a home-rule provision that automatically gives municipalities with at least 25,000 people greater powers of self governan...
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A medical advance in DuPage, manners on Metra, helping artists in Elgin and more.Jan 07, 2017 12:00 am - Slip-free zones Here's a nod to our park districts that remove snow and ice from local walking paths. There are those of us who still enjoy our outdoor exercise, ev...
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Editorial: In the outrageous Facebook beating, let's stay focused on what makes us outragedJan 04, 2017 10:00 pm - Perhaps the most important question for us as a society in the wake of the, yes, sickening beating of a mentally disabled man by four people who showed the crime on Face...
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Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials
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McHugh, Patterson, Stein and Swanson for Wauconda District 118Jan 04, 2017 12:00 am - Five candidates are vying for four seats on the Wauconda District 118 school board. Four incumbents - Carey McHugh, Sam Stein, David Patterson, and Brian Swanson - are r...
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Editorial: Trump's tweet on ethics change helped Congress stick to prioritiesJan 03, 2017 10:00 pm - It took thousands of outraged citizens and President-elect Donald Trump's Twitter account to pull frenzied GOP congressmen off the ceiling on a matter of ethics this wee...
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Editorial: Stopgap budget has ended with little hope for longer term solutionJan 03, 2017 12:00 am - Few of us really shared in the near-euphoria that briefly swept Springfield last summer when lawmakers managed to limp into a typically Illinoisan stopgap budget that to...