Editorials
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Daily Herald opinion: 'Rule of law' cannot accommodate selective defiance of any we disagree withJan 19, 2023 12:00 am - On Wednesday, we offered our objections to vows by many county sheriffs around Illinois that they will not enforce the state's new law requiring assault weapon owners to...
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Daily Herald opinion: Illinois sheriffs should be enforcing gun laws - not defying themJan 18, 2023 12:00 am - The ink was barely dry on the new high-powered weapons ban in Illinois when dozens of sheriffs across the state declared they would not enforce the requirement that curr...
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State funding to help Naperville residents still affected by 2021 tornadoJan 17, 2023 12:00 am - We have been impressed by the resilience of residents still recovering from the powerful tornado that ripped through southern DuPage County in June 2021. Neighborhoods i...
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Daily Herald opinion: Biden, Trump cases raise concerns about all handling of sensitive documentsJan 14, 2023 1:00 pm - This editorial represents the consensus opinion of the Daily Herald Editorial Board If Congress really needs something to investigate, perhaps an urgent place to st...
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The Soapbox: Daily Herald editors offer brief thoughts on suburban topics in the news.Jan 14, 2023 12:00 am - This week's clippable quote "Success isn't determined by how many times you win, but by how you play the week after you lose." - Pele And on that subject ... G...
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Daily Herald opinion: With prospects for state funds predictably gone, it's the Bears and village at the tableJan 13, 2023 12:00 am - If Las Vegas oddsmakers were to make book on whether J.B. Pritzker would cough up serious money to facilitate pulling the Bears out of Chicago to relocate to Arlington...
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Daily Herald opinion: Rush to start congressional probes offers only more promise of politics over governmentJan 12, 2023 12:00 am - So, is this the future we have to look forward to for governance in our country? At one time, an event like the Army-McCarthy hearings of the 1950s seemed so grand and m...
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Daily Herald opinion: The astounding raises Democrats just approved for lawmakers - after the electionJan 11, 2023 12:00 am - Democratic majority rushes an astounding pay raise through General Assembly at the end of the term
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Daily Herald opinion: Proposed assault-style weapons ban at least makes it harder to commit a mass shooting in IllinoisJan 08, 2023 10:00 pm - On its face, the shooting of a teacher last Friday in Virginia by a 6-year-old wielding a handgun has almost no relevance to legislation that appears to be leading this ...
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Daily Herald opinion: NFL players, Highland Park wounded remind us of what's really importantJan 08, 2023 12:00 am - This editorial represents the consensus opinion of the Daily Herald Editorial Board A player falling to the turf and staying there for a length of time, injured. It...