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Daily Herald opinion: Clarifying ethics: Complaint questions if it is appropriate for public bodies to query voters on referendums

Daily Herald opinion: Clarifying ethics: Complaint questions if it is appropriate for public bodies to query voters on referendums

Daily Herald opinion: When Northwest Suburban High School District 214 officials hired a consulting firm to quiz district taxpayers about a potential tax increase, they were – depending on who you talk to – either looking for legitimate public input to guide their planning; or violating ethics rules that prevent a public body from spending taxpayer funds to help ensure the success of an upcoming referendum.

 
Daily Herald opinion: Building a partnership: For Illinois, accentuating the positive with the Bears means showing some urgency

Daily Herald opinion: Building a partnership: For Illinois, accentuating the positive with the Bears means showing some urgency

Daily Herald opinion: In an appearance last week, Bears CEO Kevin Warren made clear that the outcome of the Bears’ stadium drama rests on two factors, both of which fall largely under the control of the state legislature.

 
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Daily Herald opinion: The air we breathe: Weather and environmental events have long- and short-term consequences

Daily Herald opinion: The air we breathe: Weather and environmental events have long- and short-term consequences

Daily Herald opinion: The climate conversation is an important one to keep having amid the hazy effects in the suburbs and across the country from Canadian wildfires. But another, more immediately consequential theme also bears remembering. Personal safety.

 

Letters to the Editor

See for yourself

If you are worried about the security of our elections, I encourage you to become involved either as an election judge (which I am) or as a poll watcher. You will see fir...

 

Law would protect immigrant children

The saga of innocent children being harmed by government policies continues. Children are witnessing their parents being forcefully carted away and put in detention. Thes...

 
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Elections and ‘the bully’

Regarding Bob Shea’s statement in a recent letter headlined “Trump is right to stop the bully Iran”: I can honestly say, I totally agree with the part of the letter that ...

 

Columns

The singular benefits that come from not just watching but also reading

The singular benefits that come from not just watching but also reading

Columnist Jim Slusher: Considering I’ve been writing this column for more than 26 years, you might think I’d have noticed certain connotations in its name sooner, but what can I say? I’m a slow learner.

 

A renewed war means renewed GOP midterm worries

Syndicated columnist Byron York: In the last week, the war in Iran has seemed like a war again, after a long time in a gray area that was neither war nor peace. Now, with both sides shooting at each other, war is back. And, politically, the threat that the war presents to Republican prospects in the midterm elections is back, too.

 
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Dark Season: The oldest hatred deepens and spreads

Dark Season: The oldest hatred deepens and spreads

Syndicated columnist Jeff Robbins:

 

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