Editorials
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Editorial: DuPage County and reminders budgeting should be give-and-takeOct 29, 2015 1:00 am - It's budget season, both for the private and public sector. It's also silly season for some. Imagine if you will this scenario: Your boss tells you to prepare next year'...
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Editorial: Rauner, Madigan, let's do this in publicOct 26, 2015 11:00 pm - Imagine the political spectacle of Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner, Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan and the other legislative leaders giving a public airing to the...
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Editorial: It's leaders' responsibility to 'move forward' at College of DuPageOct 26, 2015 1:00 am - It's long past a time when cooler heads might prevail at the helm of College of DuPage, but, in spite of a downpour of negative news this month, the opportunity always e...
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Editorial: A reflection on a tragic day in Fox River GroveOct 24, 2015 2:00 pm - Though the intersection at Algonquin Road and Northwest Highway in Fox River Grove has changed, it is impossible to drive past it without thinking, even if only briefly,...
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The Soapbox: A quiet settlement in Naperville, a school honor in Gurnee, health insurance for Des Plaines aldermen and moreOct 24, 2015 1:00 am - Not worth discussion? You know, $670,000 is not an insignificant amount. That's a settlement approved - and all but swept under the rug - by the Naperville City Cou...
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Editorial: Loophole is no way for schools to collect taxesOct 22, 2015 2:00 pm - Schools operate on a set of rules - students know that if they break them, they face the consequences. Students, however, many times follow the adage that rules are made...
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Editorial: Roosevelt's emphatic and welcome commitment to the suburbsOct 20, 2015 11:00 pm - Roosevelt University President Ali Malekzadeh had a refreshing message for Schaumburg and the suburbs this week: "We're back." Not that the university had abandoned its ...
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Our view: Police step out in front of heroin scourgeOct 20, 2015 1:00 am - By going public with their decision to help heroin addicts kick the drug rather than arrest them, Rolling Meadows police are putting themselves out there. We'd like to b...
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Editorial: You don't need to save the world as Katie does to make a differenceOct 19, 2015 11:00 pm - You might have read Sunday's story about Katie Hilborn, the former St. Charles resident who is battling rampant child sex trafficking in Nepal, and thought, "Well, good ...
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Editorial: What our Community Leadership Award meansOct 17, 2015 2:00 pm - Last week, we received word that the Daily Herald has earned the Inland Press Association's 2015 Community Leadership Award for large-circulation newspapers. As anyone w...