Daily Herald Editorial Board
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Daily Herald opinion: Cameras will enable cost-effective enforcement of parking prohibition at O’HareMay 23, 2024 2:57 pm - Kudos to the Illinois legislature, whose bi-partisan legislation will make it safer for drivers on westbound I-190 by lessening the number of deadly projectiles that can ...
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Daily Herald opinion: Supreme Court’s ruling on consumer agency shows it can rise beyond politicsMay 21, 2024 4:00 am - The good news on the government front last week wasn’t just that the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the watchdog agency Congress created to try to avoid another 2008 financial...
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Daily Herald Opinion: DuPage County auditor at least takes responsibility for delayed reportsMay 18, 2024 3:31 pm - When some DuPage County Board members started raising concerns about the lack of quarterly audit reports, the elected official responsible could have done a few things. D...
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Daily Herald Opinion: Northern Lights captivate and connect us as only a rare cosmic event canMay 16, 2024 6:00 pm - There’s nothing quite like a cosmic event to bring people together. We’ve had two now in the past two months. First, the solar eclipse on April 8, and most recently, the ...
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Daily Herald Opinion: Tougher penalties for fleeing police could help stem dangerous, growing ‘epidemic’May 13, 2024 2:47 pm - If any legislation has a chance of gaining substantial bipartisan approval in the Illinois General Assembly, you would think it would be Senate Bill 1807. Unfortunately, ...
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Daily Herald Opinion: Supreme Court ruling on immunity has perilous implications beyond the Trump trialsMay 11, 2024 12:00 pm - The reaction to the recent Supreme Court hearing on “presidential immunity” has tended to focus on the impact that upcoming ruling will have on prosecutions of former Pre...
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Daily Herald Opinion: Metra statement wasn't giddy about transit merger, but it offered a productive startMay 10, 2024 4:00 am - Metra leaders didn't exactly embrace the idea of a regionwide super agency for public transportation in a published statement this week, but at least they set the right t...
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Daily Herald Opinion: Democrats ramrod questionable election bill in midst of ongoing campaignMay 08, 2024 4:00 am - How discouraging it can be to see what it takes to get Illinois lawmakers to act with some sense of urgency. For four months, they couldn’t make a decision, up or down, o...
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Daily Herald opinion: Expansion project a positive step forward for DuPage County animal shelterMay 07, 2024 4:00 am - As an open-admission shelter, DuPage County Animal Services provides a safety net for abandoned and homeless animals in the community. Through positive changes in policy ...
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We still have work to do to ensure that a protection order is more than just ‘a piece of paper’May 06, 2024 9:39 am - There is no question that the legal system failed Julie Elguezabal. The larger question is what could have saved her. Elguezabal died Friday, April 26, when her husband W...