Editorials
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Daily Herald opinion: Building a partnership: For Illinois, accentuating the positive with the Bears means showing some urgencyJul 21, 2026 4:00 am - Daily Herald opinion: In an appearance last week, Bears CEO Kevin Warren made clear that the outcome of the Bears’ stadium drama rests on two factors, both of which fall largely under the control of the state legislature.
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Daily Herald opinion: The air we breathe: Weather and environmental events have long- and short-term consequencesJul 19, 2026 4:00 am - Daily Herald opinion: The climate conversation is an important one to keep having amid the hazy effects in the suburbs and across the country from Canadian wildfires. But another, more immediately consequential theme also bears remembering. Personal safety.
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Daily Herald opinion: Biting into bargains? Rosemont mayor right to be concerned about fallout from paid parking at outlet mallJul 17, 2026 4:00 am - Daily Herald opinion: Rosemont Mayor Brad Stephens has good reason to raise the alarm about new parking fees that appear to be discouraging shoppers at high-profile outlet mall.
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Daily Herald opinion: Chicago’s game: Cubs, White Sox give us reason to believe this seasonJul 15, 2026 4:00 am - Daily Herald opinion: The All-Star break is here, and for the first time since 2020, both the Cubs and the White Sox are in the thick of pennant races.
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Daily Herald opinion: Hopeful signs: Progress being made to reimagine former mall propertiesJul 14, 2026 4:00 am - Daily Herald opinion: A couple of years after Stratford Square Mall and Spring Hill Mall closed, there are signs of progress at both properties.
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Daily Herald opinion: A life-saving lesson: A Palatine teen’s training and heroics underscore the need to learn CPRJul 11, 2026 2:45 pm - Daily Herald opinion: A class teaching CPR allowed a teen to save his father’s life, and it’s a lesson we should all take to heart.
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Daily Herald opinion: Genuine legacies: What can be more important to leave behind than the gifts of our love and values?Jul 10, 2026 4:00 am - Daily Herald opinion: There's a curious touchstone that comforts one of our older Editorial Board members whenever he finds himself stressing needlessly over an unavoidable upcoming challenge.
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Daily Herald opinion: A defining experience: In response to family’s crisis, Mount Prospect shows what community is all aboutJul 08, 2026 4:00 am - Daily Herald opinion: Mount Prospect residents have come together to show care and compassion as they rallied behind 13-year-old Presley Grimpe, who lost both her legs to sepsis.
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Daily Herald opinion: ‘Sour grapes’ aren’t the issue: Whatever the result of clerk’s pay-raise suit, DuPage board failed a transparency testJul 05, 2026 4:00 am - DuPage County Board member Jim Zay has a valid point when he questions the motives behind a county clerk’s complaint challenging pay raises the board voted itself and oth...
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Daily Herald opinion: Another strike against homelessness: State grant to Elgin project emphasizes public-private efforts under way throughout the suburbsJul 05, 2026 4:00 am - Daily Herald opinion: The infusion of $400,000 for Elgin’s Unsheltered Pilot Project won’t solve the crisis by itself, but it does emphasize the public and private cooperation that is going on throughout our communities to manage it.