Editorials
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Time to protect free flow of informationDec 16, 2009 10:00 pm - If a vigorous Fourth Estate is truly the best insurance against the failure of the checks and balances set up between the executive, legislative and judicial branches of...
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Illinois can benefit from Thomson dealDec 15, 2009 10:00 pm - There are really two questions at issue in the matter of moving detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to tiny Thomson, Ill. The first - should prisoners be removed from G...
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Stevenson, Statesman need interventionDec 14, 2009 10:00 pm - Stevenson High School and student journalists at the Statesman newspaper sorely need intervention to heal their damaged relationship. Problems began in February when the...
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Time to change your texting habitsDec 13, 2009 10:00 pm - Illinois lawmakers and the governor have done their part. Now it's up to law enforcement and motorists. Beginning Jan. 1, motorists will be banned from texting while dri...
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Step aside until investigation is overDec 12, 2009 10:00 pm - The DuPage Water Commission lost $19 million and its managers want you to foot the bill to clean up their mess. It's not clear what happened. Forensic auditors are crun...
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Saturday Soapbox: A popular O'hare bypass? Has the sky fallen?Dec 11, 2009 10:00 pm - After years of arguments and millions spent on litigation, the Illinois Department of Transportation has proposed a western bypass road around O'Hare International Airpo...
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The to-do list for cleaning up IllinoisDec 10, 2009 10:00 pm - Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn chose the anniversary of the arrest of his former running mate, ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich, to sign a campaign finance reform bill into law Wednes...
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Give ear to the most at-risk studentsDec 09, 2009 10:00 pm - For school officials considering budgets, the toughest decisions come when cuts go head to head with goals to ensure that every child has a chance to succeed. Those stud...
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Towns must define 'need' and say 'no'Dec 08, 2009 10:00 pm - A dramatic trend is evident in even a cursory review of Daily Herald pages these days. Everywhere, it seems, communities face the prospect of steep program or service cu...
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Keep the Cuneo legacy alive, brightDec 07, 2009 10:00 pm - John Cuneo Jr. and his wife, Herta, really know how to give a gift. To say their Cuneo Museum and Gardens donation to Loyola University Chicago is generous is an unders...