Editorials
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Editorial: Gender, ethnic equity and the leadership 'bug'May 05, 2015 1:00 am - It was interesting to note in staff writer Erin Hegarty's Daily Herald story Monday that, as a region, the proportion of lawmakers in the suburbs who are women is higher...
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Editorial: Home kindergarten prep important to good start in schoolMay 03, 2015 5:00 am - Daily Herald Editorial Board Education experts have a message for the parents of children waiting to start kindergarten: Preparation must begin at home. That means paren...
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Saturday Soapbox: Inspirational youths, dangerous rampsMay 02, 2015 6:45 am - Their just reward: Congratulations to the thousands of young people who attended We Day, a star-studded youth empowerment event, Thursday at Allstate Arena. Not for...
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Build more suburban economies of scaleMay 01, 2015 5:33 am - You don't see many big prestige projects being dreamed up by local government these days. Those generally take a walloping at the polls, as we saw during the April 7 el...
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Editorial: A new effort to amend the constitution on redistrictingApr 30, 2015 1:00 am - And so we begin again. We come this time with valuable new information and lessons of the recent past. Let's also add new resolve. The issue is nothing short of wrestin...
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Editorial: Local stories about Nepal highlight the need for aidApr 29, 2015 1:00 am - It takes almost 15 hours to fly more than 7,600 miles to Katmandu, Nepal. With that kind of distance, it's reasonable to assume few suburban residents have been to the s...
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Find the right pressure point on pensionsApr 27, 2015 11:00 pm - Beginning in 2005, taxpayers in many suburban school districts have gotten a triple whammy. They paid for annual raises that often reached double digits for administrato...
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Editorial: Yes, let's restrict the use of red-light camerasApr 26, 2015 1:00 am - We watched with interest last week as the Illinois House passed, by a wide margin, a bill authored by State Rep. David McSweeney of Barrington Hills to outlaw red-light ...
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The Soapbox: Puppy love, Buffone and bike lanesApr 25, 2015 1:00 am - The thanks due Debby Miller: Those who campaign for term limits would do well to reflect on all the good that Debby Miller has done in her 42 years on the Schaumbur...
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Today's Editorial Page cartoonApr 25, 2015 1:00 am - Today's Editorial Page cartoon ...