Daily Herald Editorial Board
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Endorsement: Congress, Dist. 14: UnderwoodOct 09, 2024 4:00 am - We have endorsed Rep. Lauren Underwood of Naperville consistently in the past, and we see no reason to shift from that support now. Because of the composition of the 14th...
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Endorsement: Foster for Congress Dist. 11Oct 08, 2024 4:00 am - The U.S. House race in the 11th Congressional District is an interesting competition between incumbent Bill Foster, a pragmatic Democrat from Naperville who has long impr...
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Endorsement: Booras for Congress, Dist. 3Oct 08, 2024 4:00 am - In the contest for Congress from District 3, Republican John Booras cites as his models two stalwart suburban GOP predecessors — Mark Kirk, whose 17-year congressional se...
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Daily Herald endorsement: Harris-Walz for leadership emphasizing optimism, determinationOct 06, 2024 7:56 am - We have made no secret of our opinion regarding the qualifications of Donald Trump for president of the United States. We repeatedly declared him unfit for the office bef...
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Daily Herald opinion: The race and the debate: Thankfully, it was civil, but it didn’t clear up a lot for undecidedsOct 04, 2024 4:00 am - It an interesting fact of politics that over the years, we have come to think of a political campaign in terms of a race. To be sure, there must be in every political con...
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Daily Herald opinion: Paying attention: Disciplined approach is fundamental to improving school sport safetyOct 01, 2024 4:00 am - In a story about football injuries we carried last Friday, the CEO of the National Federation of State High School Associations declared that tackle football is “probably...
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Daily Herald opinion: Time, still, will tell: Loyola study reinforces arguments that justice reform deserves chance to show its promiseSep 28, 2024 2:45 pm - Two weeks ago, supporters and opponents of Illinois' 2023 criminal justice reforms offered somewhat predictably mixed interpretations of the fairness of the new system af...
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Daily Herald opinion: A divisive moment averted: Plans to bring inflammatory speaker to suburbs would only have hurt Illinois GOPSep 25, 2024 4:00 am - It is hard to wrap our heads around the self-inflicted damage certain northern Illinois Republicans inflicted on themselves and their party in recent days by inviting a m...
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Daily Herald opinion: DuPage works to raise awareness about mental health, substance use treatmentSep 23, 2024 3:34 pm - During its inaugural Mental Health Summit held earlier this month, DuPage County sought to raise awareness about services and support systems for mental health and substance use treatment.
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Daily Herald opinion: Reducing doubts about recycling: Effort in Lake County provides some direction for dealing with disruptive complicationsSep 21, 2024 2:00 pm - In the halcyon early days of widespread community recycling programs, residents often were encouraged to toss nearly anything made of paper, cardboard or plastic into the...