Editorials
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Metra staff must do much better with next recommendation on storage facilityMay 29, 2024 4:00 am - We can’t know yet what Metra’s top brass will recommend on June 12 when they report on a $17 million white elephant in Harvey, but it sure better be more reliable than th...
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Daily Herald opinion: Between the lines of individual controversies, a larger threat eats at our politicsMay 27, 2024 6:00 pm - Daily Herald opinion: Two Democratic senators wrote a letter complaining of an “ethics crisis at the U.S. Supreme Court. They have a point, but they, and all government leaders, need to also acknowledge that a broader ethics crisis is shaking the faith of Americans in all branches and institutions of government.
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Daily Herald opinion: Don’t allow three-day summer welcome to distract us from the real meaning of a sacred holidayMay 25, 2024 12:00 pm - In this reprise of “Our View” in 2019, the Daily Herald Editorial Board reflects on the importance of making Memorial Day more than just a three-day introduction to summer.
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Daily Herald opinion: Cameras will enable cost-effective enforcement of parking prohibition at O’HareMay 23, 2024 2:57 pm - Kudos to the Illinois legislature, whose bi-partisan legislation will make it safer for drivers on westbound I-190 by lessening the number of deadly projectiles that can ...
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Daily Herald opinion: Supreme Court’s ruling on consumer agency shows it can rise beyond politicsMay 21, 2024 4:00 am - The good news on the government front last week wasn’t just that the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the watchdog agency Congress created to try to avoid another 2008 financial...
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Daily Herald Opinion: DuPage County auditor at least takes responsibility for delayed reportsMay 18, 2024 3:31 pm - When some DuPage County Board members started raising concerns about the lack of quarterly audit reports, the elected official responsible could have done a few things. D...
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Daily Herald Opinion: Northern Lights captivate and connect us as only a rare cosmic event canMay 16, 2024 6:00 pm - There’s nothing quite like a cosmic event to bring people together. We’ve had two now in the past two months. First, the solar eclipse on April 8, and most recently, the ...
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Daily Herald Opinion: Tougher penalties for fleeing police could help stem dangerous, growing ‘epidemic’May 13, 2024 2:47 pm - If any legislation has a chance of gaining substantial bipartisan approval in the Illinois General Assembly, you would think it would be Senate Bill 1807. Unfortunately, ...
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Daily Herald Opinion: Supreme Court ruling on immunity has perilous implications beyond the Trump trialsMay 11, 2024 12:00 pm - The reaction to the recent Supreme Court hearing on “presidential immunity” has tended to focus on the impact that upcoming ruling will have on prosecutions of former Pre...
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Daily Herald Opinion: Metra statement wasn't giddy about transit merger, but it offered a productive startMay 10, 2024 4:00 am - Metra leaders didn't exactly embrace the idea of a regionwide super agency for public transportation in a published statement this week, but at least they set the right t...