Daily Herald Editorial Board
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Daily Herald opinion: A great Arlington Heights tradition is still rolling alongSep 02, 2026 2:30 pm - Daily Herald opinion: For more than 50 years, the Arlington Heights Memorial Library’s Bookmobile has continued an important community tradition, bringing books, programs and library services directly to neighborhoods throughout Arlington Heights.
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Daily Herald opinion: Preliminary report emphasizes the unpredictable conditions that make every rail crossing a riskSep 01, 2026 3:00 pm - Daily Herald opinion: The combination of factors being studied in the investigation of an deadly October 2025 train-truck collision emphasizes the unpredictable circumstances that require special driver attention at every rail crossing, even when a situation may seem familiar and safe.
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Daily Herald opinion: Surveillance fears: Legislation, community leadership needed to calm growing concerns about risks of license readersAug 29, 2026 3:00 pm - Some days it is hard to know which technological wonder is more aggravating to people in the suburbs, data processing centers or Flock cameras. In recent weeks, Flock cam...
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Daily Herald opinion: Cornered DuPage board deserves answers on clerk’s election-spending needsAug 28, 2026 8:50 am - Backed into a corner, the DuPage County Board appears poised to give County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek’s office $665,000 of the $2.5 million she claims to need in order to oper...
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Daily Herald opinion: No more ‘verbal judo’: New Naperville P.D. crisis team emphasizes true nature of today’s police workAug 26, 2026 4:00 am - Daily Herald opinion: The Naperville Police Department is refining mental health approaches in policing with the implementation of a full-time Mobile Crisis Intervention Team devoted specifically to cases involving mental health, family violence or missing persons.
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Daily Herald opinion: How to help suburban animal shelters amid surging cat populationAug 25, 2026 4:00 am - Daily Herald opinion: As a booming cat population strains the resources of suburban animal shelters, all of us could do our part to help.
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Daily Herald opinion: In addition to highlighting jobs, expo a reminder of value of workers with disabilitiesAug 23, 2026 4:00 am - A March report from the national Bureau of Labor Statistics stated, among other findings, that the unemployment rate in 2025 for people with intellectual or physical disa...
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Daily Herald opinion: Regional archives should stay put, until feds prove they can keep them safe, accessibleAug 20, 2026 4:00 am - Daily Herald opinion: Not a single document in the National Archives at Chicago should be boxed and prepared to move to a new location until the federal government can prove beyond a doubt that our history is safe in their hands.
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Daily Herald opinion: The pride of place: The ‘routine’ of local improvements shows a region constantly striving for better thingsAug 19, 2026 4:00 am - Significant park improvements in Libertyville. A new fire station in Buffalo Grove. New school facilities in communities throughout the suburbs and major rail line upgra...
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Daily Herald opinion: Should you accept a politician’s ‘gold standard’ vaccine policy? Ask your doctorAug 18, 2026 4:00 am - Daily Herald opinion: A certain question stands out in the wake of the president’s directive last week regarding childhood vaccinations: If your child is sick, who will you trust? Your doctor or a politician?