Editorials
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Solve major problems in toll collectionJan 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Perhaps the most disheartening news in "Toll Gridlock," the three-part Daily Herald report on the gaping holes in the way the toll highway authority collects unpaid toll...
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Reach out and embrace diversityJan 06, 2008 10:00 pm - The village of Hanover Park is facing what many companies face. And it's something more and more communities will be facing in the coming years. How to help a growing mi...
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Listen to straight talk from Illinois votersJan 05, 2008 10:00 pm - There was a time when candidates used to ball up a fist and knock on doors to sell themselves. Now they hold out their hands for millions in campaign cash for commercial...
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Saturday Soap BoxJan 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Do something about it: Vote So voters in other states like Illinois are a little fed up with the attention shown Iowans and residents of New Hampshire? Both earn lots of...
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Our opportunity and obligationJan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - We have what's shaped up to be the most unpredictable and competitive presidential election in nearly six decades. A rare window of opportunity is opening. Our primary e...
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No apparent resolution to end impasseJan 02, 2008 10:00 pm - While the rest of the world might be torturing itself with resolutions for the new year and efforts to keep them, not even such a temporary effort is likely to disrupt t...
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Help is on the way for the hungryJan 01, 2008 10:00 pm - Many of us spent New Year's Day enjoying snacks and hearty meals. But others had barely enough food to put on the table, let alone enjoy a festive feast. Nearly one in 1...
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Hope for progress in the year aheadDec 31, 2007 10:00 pm - It's a new year. And here are just a few things we look forward to in 2008. • It just seems as if we were all getting from place to place in stagecoaches the last time t...
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Stop slide into credit card debt abyssDec 30, 2007 10:00 pm - Now come the days when going to the mailbox brings little but dread, the days when the bill comes due for the excesses of the holiday season. Unfortunately for many Amer...
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Maintain uniformity in smoking banDec 29, 2007 10:00 pm - With a new year will come many new state laws. One in particular will have a dramatic impact on the quality of life in Illinois. The Smoke-Free Illinois Act, to take ef...