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Editorial: Running for president while serving in office -- who does their jobs?
Jul 20, 2019 2:00 PM - In this editorial, the Daily Herald wonders: With more than 12 officeholders campaigning for president, who does their current jobs? -
Health agencies refusing $8 million in federal money because of new, 'unethical' rules
Jul 20, 2019 7:36 PM - All three Illinois organizations set to receive millions of dollars in federal family planning funds are declining them due to new rules they say are "unethical" and are keeping money "hostage" from impoverished patients. -
Lottery Week celebrates contributions to Illinois
Jul 19, 2019 1:00 AM - Guest columnist Harold Mays: In its first year of existence 45 years ago, the Illinois Lottery created its first millionaire. -
Murnane's 1969 column: First cancer, hunger, then Mars
Jul 19, 2019 1:00 AM - "You might be in a position to fly to the moon," Daily Herald columnist Ed Murnane wrote to his then-3-year-old son after Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon 50 years ago. Murnane added that he hoped for a better world by then. -
After distancing himself from hostile chant, Trump calls rally supporters 'incredible patriots'
Jul 19, 2019 1:16 PM - In morning tweets, the president said reporters should be more focused on the "vile and disgusting" statements by minority congresswomen he had repeatedly attacked.
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Iran says it seized British oil tanker in Strait of Hormuz
Jul 19, 2019 2:05 PM - Iran said Friday it seized a British oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, a fresh escalation in confrontations in the strategic waterway that has become a flashpoint in tensions between Tehran and the West.
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Columnist revisits his optimistic viewpoint after Armstrong steps on moon
Jul 19, 2019 9:59 AM - Writing about the Apollo 11 moon landing in the not-yet-daily Herald in 1969, columnist Ed Murnane envisioned a time when his son "might be in a position to fly to the moon." From a vantage point 50 years later, he is less optimistic about the world. -
Court documents: Trump spoke repeatedly with Cohen, aides amid scramble to pay Stormy Daniels
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The next steps for our community
Jul 18, 2019 1:00 AM - Guest columnist David Kaptain: It has been a long, difficult 16 months since the city of Elgin experienced its first officer-involved fatal shooting in more than 20 years. -
'Justice wasn't served': 50 years since Chappaquiddick
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