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Daily Herald opinion: Keeping it local: Setting stricter-than-needed campaign standards makes valuable statement to voters

First, let’s give props to village leaders in Arlington Heights — like those in some other suburban towns, including Aurora, Elgin and more — who recognize the impact of ...

 
Daily Herald opinion: Bear down, lawmakers: It’s time for officials to make like Ben Johnson and get something done

Daily Herald opinion: Bear down, lawmakers: It’s time for officials to make like Ben Johnson and get something done

Last week, the Bears moved the ball up and down the field in a historic season opener at Carolina. A 59-37 win that set franchise records for points in a road game and fo...

 
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Daily Herald opinion: Patrolling legislative ethics: Departure of yet another inspector general emphasizes the urgent need for reform

Daily Herald opinion: Patrolling legislative ethics: Departure of yet another inspector general emphasizes the urgent need for reform

Another legislative inspector general in Illinois has resigned and all we can say is, can we finally get this right? The legislative inspector general is tasked with inve...

 

Letters to the Editor

The prospect of ‘state-run television’

Last Friday morning President Donald Trump announced a ban on the “free press” (his words) from entering the White House. He specifically mentioned CNN, MSNOW, and Politi...

 

Get serious about taxpayer requests

The Sept. 17 article covering details about November ballot referendums highlights a request to increase Lake County sales tax by 1% to go toward school funding. Illinoi...

 
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President taking a beating on policies

Our 47th president of the United States seems to be in a bit of a fix. He complained that Jerome Powell should resign due to not lowering the interest rate, yet his newly...

 

Columns

Americans are right: Inflation is not just the Fed's Problem

Americans are right: Inflation is not just the Fed's Problem

Syndicated columnist Veronique de Rugy: Voters hate inflation. They don't much like the cure either, and the cure has two parts. The Federal Reserve raising interest rates, like it just did, is one. The second part is overlooked and in the hands of Congress.

 
Mum's the word: Maintaining secrecy, Qatar floods the zone with cash

Mum's the word: Maintaining secrecy, Qatar floods the zone with cash

Syndicated columnist Jeff Robbins: Clearly, Hamas is not Qatar's favorite donor, at least by the numbers. Qatar, which has only 325,000 of its own citizens, has shown a remarkable interest in the education of American students.

 
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Making a bet in the big casino

Making a bet in the big casino

Syndicated columnist Marc Munroe Dion:

 

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