Daily Herald Editorial Board
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Daily Herald opinion: We all benefit from efforts to plant more treesJun 17, 2024 2:45 pm - Daily Herald opinion: As we look out on our leafy streets, it may be surprising to hear that our region does not have as many trees as it should for the good of the environment, as well as our comfort and aesthetics.
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Daily Herald opinion: Dad and the memories he makesJun 15, 2024 1:13 pm - This Father’s Day remembrance is a lightly edited reprise of a message we published on June 21, 2015. Two months ago, one of those national surveys that seems to pop...
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Daily Herald opinion: Hunter Biden, Trump convictions unavoidably linked to each other in politics of justiceJun 12, 2024 4:00 am - Daily Herald Opinion: So now, the son of a sitting United States president and an ex-president are each felons. The cases are unrelated, technically, but still connected as object lessons in the faith of the U.S. justice system.
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Daily Herald opinion: Keep politics to a minimum in clean-power transitionJun 10, 2024 2:30 pm - Nicor lost 38 customers last year who disconnected natural gas service and replaced it with all-electric service. The gas company added 11,000 new customers. It’s clear t...
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Daily Herald opinion: Judge offers Illinois Democrats a lesson on political integrity; they should take itJun 07, 2024 4:00 am - In many ways, the heavily partisan law passed hastily in the final week of the Illinois General Assembly blocking political parties from slating candidates after a primar...
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Daily Herald Opinion: D-Day veterans’ memories remind us of the price of victoryJun 06, 2024 4:00 am - Editor’s Note: On this 80th anniversary of the invasion of Normandy in World War II, we mark the occasion with this reprise of our reflections on the 70th anniversary...
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Daily Herald opinion: Counties remain committed to battling opioid epidemicJun 05, 2024 4:00 am - After seeing the death toll from opioid-related overdoses rise steadily through the years, some suburban counties have received a rare bit of good news. DuPage County off...
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Daily Herald opinion: With new state law, county clerk should accept ‘clarity’ on spending dutiesJun 01, 2024 10:38 am - Daily Herald opinion: The legislature has clarified issues that the DuPage County clerk has raised as she resists a county policy against no-bid contracts for goods and services. For the good of taxpayers and county business, she should accept the policy and move on.
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Daily Herald opinion: ‘Disgrace’ will be centerpiece of re-election campaign for Donald Trump, nation’s first felon ex-presidentMay 30, 2024 9:26 pm - Daily Herald opinion: Donald Trump’s felony conviction in New York creates the surreal image of a disgraced felon leading his party in the race for the nation’s highest office. It doesn’t have to be that way.
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Metra staff must do much better with next recommendation on storage facilityMay 29, 2024 4:00 am - We can’t know yet what Metra’s top brass will recommend on June 12 when they report on a $17 million white elephant in Harvey, but it sure better be more reliable than th...