Articles filed under Opinion
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Community plays important role in preparing our youngest for successApr 20, 2026 4:00 am - Early in my role as a coordinator of The Basics of Greater Elgin, I met a mom at a mobile food pantry who had her baby in a car seat in the backseat of her car. I asked i...
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Debunking Five Tax Day MythsApr 19, 2026 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Veronique de Rugy: Every April, Americans spend more than 7 billion hours filing taxes and roughly the same amount of time arguing over them, almost entirely on the basis of several common myths. Here are the five most consequential.
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Today’s editorial cartoonApr 19, 2026 4:00 am -
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Daily Herald opinion: Lexington and Concord: On today's anniversary, the lessons of ragtag militias are worth celebrating and rememberingApr 18, 2026 2:45 pm - Later this summer, the United States will celebrate with much pomp and circumstance its 250th birthday, an anniversary of the July 4, 1776 adoption of the Declaration of ...
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A constitutional amendment to deliver property tax relief for Illinois homeownersApr 18, 2026 12:30 pm - Less than 1% of Illinois’ taxpayers earn more than $1 million per year. But that number grew by 36% between 2019 and 2023, four times the rate of growth of those earning between $50,000 and $100,000. Millionaires also have seen their inflation-adjusted incomes double over the past four decades while take-home pay has been stagnant for everyone else.
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Blame, restructure, repeat: A sinking presidencyApr 17, 2026 1:01 pm - Syndicated columnist Keith Raffel:
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Have We Won Yet?Apr 17, 2026 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Susan Estrich: We didn't destroy a civilization in a night, thankfully, only one man's temporary definition of winning. But we also have not dramatically changed the calculus of the negotiations, much less the politics at home.
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Daily Herald opinion: Commonsense legislation: Bill regulating e-bikes, e-motos, e-scooters is overdueApr 17, 2026 4:00 am - Daily Herald Opinion: Statewide e-bike and e-moto legislation, which just passed in the Illinois Senate, is sorely needed.
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Illinois’ nuclear momentApr 17, 2026 4:00 am - Illinois is entering a new era of rising electricity demand. Electrification of home heating, electric vehicles, manufacturing growth, and new AI data centers are all dri...
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JD Vance’s hard road to 2028Apr 16, 2026 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Byron York: The bottom line is that it is incredibly hard for a vice president to directly follow the president he or she serves into the top job.