Articles filed under Politics
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Plan to move Taste of Chicago near Navy Pier draws backlashMar 07, 2023 12:00 am - Mayor Lori Lightfoot's plan to hold Taste of Chicago on the same July 4 weekend as NASCAR's first street-course race - but move Taste to a park near Navy Pier - hit a wa...
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Endorsement: Marquardt, Oppenheim and Forster for Vernon Hills village boardMar 07, 2023 12:00 am - This endorsement is a consensus opinion of the Daily Herald Editorial Board. One can argue Vernon Hills is a suburb "in the center of it all," or at least in the ce...
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Syndicated columnist Michael Barone: Lab leak story: How elite scientists lied and concealed the truthMar 07, 2023 12:00 am - When The Wall Street Journal reported in a front-page lead story that the Department of Energy had concluded the COVID-19 pandemic resulted from a leak from China's Wuha...
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League of Women Voters to host forum on Batavia school district referendumMar 06, 2023 10:00 pm - The League of Women Voters of Central Kane County is hosting a public forum on the Batavia Public School District 101 referendum which is on the April 4 ballot. They wi...
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School upgrades, term limits and new fire stations on ballot in Cook, Lake countiesMar 06, 2023 4:30 am - Besides electing members of municipal, school and library boards, voters in some communities will decide April 4 whether to fund hundreds of millions in new buildings, f...
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Biden reelection bid faces resistance from some DemocratsMar 06, 2023 12:00 am - LACONIA, N.H. - Steve Shurtleff was at Joe Biden's side in 2019 when he filed papers in the New Hampshire State House to run for president. He repeatedly trekked across ...
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Lakemoor to consider home rule taxing restrictionsMar 06, 2023 12:00 am - Lakemoor trustees Tuesday will consider placing restrictions on the village's special taxing authority should home rule designation be approved by voters April 4. The v...
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In Kane and DuPage counties, ballot questions involve new schools, libraries and police stationMar 06, 2023 12:00 am - A previous version was incorrect about what would happen to Central High School, if voters OK building a new high school. From plans to build new schools and librar...
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Syndicated columnist Marc Munroe Dion: Small-time journalism can teach some big-time lessonsMar 05, 2023 12:00 am - Here's another lesson from the really boring front lines of real, small-time journalism. Because I don't look good on television, I spent a lot of years toiling for a mi...
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Syndicated columnist Elwood Watson: Depression and the expectations of menMar 05, 2023 12:00 am - John Fetterman's announcement that he has checked himself into a hospital was met with bipartisan praise. Politicians from conservative Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz to...