Editorials
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Daily Herald opinion: The right direction, but …: Education report shows Illinois schools still have work to do to reach achievement goalsOct 17, 2025 4:00 am - Daily Herald opinion: As is often the case with such reports, there is much that is encouraging to be found in a newly released education advocacy group’s update on the current state of education in Illinois — and much that suggests a need for attention.
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Daily Herald opinion: Stepping up for schools: Governor’s Blue Ribbon program boosts education by celebrating excellence and inspiring progressOct 15, 2025 4:00 am - Daily Herald opinion: With the launch of the Governor’s Blue Ribbon Schools initiative, Illinois reaffirmed its commitment to recognizing excellence in education across public, private and parochial schools. We commend the state for continuing the recognition.
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Daily Herald opinion: For now …: A momentous peace is far from secure, but we can be grateful for a small step toward ending a warOct 14, 2025 4:00 am - For now, let’s be hopeful and thankful. We have so few opportunities for pure joy in international politics, we can sometimes feel that we have to take whatever comfort w...
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Daily Herald opinion: A celebration of Chicago: The disparagement in our national politics of our city by the lake sadly obscures all that is fabulous about itOct 11, 2025 2:00 pm - As frequent visitors to our neighboring metropolis to the east and occasional tourists elsewhere around the country and around the globe, we would -- with pride and witho...
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Daily Herald opinion: Not dead after all: Happy to see new burst of energy for Chicago-to-Rockford rail lineOct 10, 2025 4:00 am - Daily Herald opinion: This week, a proposed Chicago-to-Rockford rail project simultaneously took a step forward and one back, but we’re pleased to see that it hasn’t been dead after all, just delayed.
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Daily Herald editorial: A war of words: We need leaders to tone down the rhetoric before things get out of handOct 07, 2025 3:20 pm - Daily Herald opinion: Amid simmering tensions in Chicago, it’s wise for everyone to tone down the rhetoric. Sound-bite jabs are doing nothing to keep this situation from boiling over into something that could lead to more violence.
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Daily Herald opinion: We can all step up to help ease pressures on burdened pet sheltersOct 07, 2025 8:08 am - Daily Herald opinion: It’s heartbreaking to think of families becoming increasingly burdened to the point that they are inundating local animal shelters with returned pets. There are things we all can do to help the shelters manage the situation.
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Daily Herald opinion: A hope for peace?: There is room to dare it in Trump proposal and Hamas responseOct 04, 2025 1:02 pm - Daily Herald opinion: Surprising changes in the tone of rhetoric regarding the war in Gaza raise faint hopes for a deal to end the suffering - and perhaps more.
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Daily Herald opinion: We don’t have to do this: Congress hurts the country, and itself, by not ending debt ceiling showdownsOct 03, 2025 4:00 am - Daily Herald opinion: There is a better way to govern the nation’s finances than by brinkmanship and a steady stream of showdowns and shutdowns.
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Daily Herald opinion: Real people’s lives: Transit forum emphasizes the importance of solving fiscal crisis this monthOct 01, 2025 4:54 pm - As the Illinois General Assembly’s fall veto session approaches its mid-October opening, a Chicago Democratic state representative offers one of the most important remind...