Editorials
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Editorial: We don't have to put up with distracted drivingFeb 25, 2015 12:00 am - On Sunday, Transportation Writer Marni Pyke told you about our self-styled investigation of distracted driving. Forty of us stood watch at intersections around the sub...
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Editorial: The truth we must still confront about distracted drivingFeb 24, 2015 12:00 am - The facts and evidence almost could not be any clearer: • Using a hand-held cellphone while driving is unsafe, even deadly. • Using a hand-held cellphone while driving i...
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Video Editorial: It isn't easy being 'Gov. No'Feb 23, 2015 12:00 am - State spending can't be controlled with the push of a button. Or can it? Hmmmm. Take a look at a new concept for the Daily Herald Opinion page – our first 90-second Vid...
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Chirico best choice to lead Naperville post-PradelFeb 22, 2015 12:00 am - Change is coming to Naperville and 23 residents are hoping to be a part of it by getting elected as city leaders. Longtime Mayor George Pradel is retiring 20 years after...
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Endorsement: Braiman in Buffalo Grove - with Berman, Trilling, WeidenfeldFeb 22, 2015 12:00 am - No town is perfect, but Buffalo Grove has a lot going for it, and one of its great characteristics is an involved citizenry that keeps an eye on local government, gets i...
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The SoapboxFeb 21, 2015 12:00 am - Hands off, Chicago: State Rep. Marty Moylan of Des Plaines filed legislation this week that would prevent a downtown Chicago casino from being built. Given that a p...
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Editorial: 'Gov. No' and his challenge to the suburbsFeb 20, 2015 12:00 am - The response of most suburban mayors was as predictable as the response from all the others who saw Gov. Bruce Rauner coming their way with his budget knife. "We just ca...
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Editorial: What Illinois should learn from measles outbreakFeb 19, 2015 12:00 am - Last fall, Bruce Rauner raised the specter of Ebola in his campaign for governor, calling for a ban on travelers from three western Africa countries and backing mandator...
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Editorial: Two school tales with similar messages for adults, kidsFeb 17, 2015 10:00 pm - Streamwood High School students received some real-world lessons in the last week, when two of their classmates were thrust into the spotlight for very different reasons...
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Dominiak, Crosby and Jozwiak for Antioch Village BoardFeb 17, 2015 12:00 am - The Antioch Village Board was handed a hot potato when state investigators uncovered a host of serious problems in the Antioch Rescue Squad, which long had provided ambu...