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Daily Herald opinion: A gratifying display: Still, planned increases for medical-debt relief show quandary facing government budgets

Daily Herald opinion: A gratifying display: Still, planned increases for medical-debt relief show quandary facing government budgets

State Sen. Seth Lewis was persuaded by the numbers — and some real-world experiences. Originally an opponent of state involvement in the Medical Debt Relief Program, the ...

 
Daily Herald opinion: The stakes we face: The issue Congress avoids is not whether to go to war; it is whether to decide at all

Daily Herald opinion: The stakes we face: The issue Congress avoids is not whether to go to war; it is whether to decide at all

Daily Herald Opinion: It is a dangerous enough precedent to declare that an obvious war is not a war and need not be subject to restraint from the people of our democracy. It is fundamentally calamitous to let any one person determine the reasons for starting one and then to conduct it in any way he or she pleases.

 
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Daily Herald opinion: Driving change: Arlington Heights’ penalties for improper use of license-plate readers send clear message

Daily Herald opinion: Driving change: Arlington Heights’ penalties for improper use of license-plate readers send clear message

Daily Herald Opinion: When Arlington Heights trustees voted this week to extend contracts with Flock Safety for automated license-plate reader cameras, they added an important clause to make the company accountable for misuses of its system.

 

Letters to the Editor

Photo IDs and newly married women

H.R. 7296 — Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (aka, SAVE America Act) is the version of H.R. 22 to which the U.S. Senate added a section requiring a photo ID for v...

 

Congressman leads on animal welfare

For voters who care about animal welfare and stopping cruelty to animals, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi is the clear choice in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Illino...

 
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Orban’s playbook

In 2019, Marco Rubio, then a senator from Florida, warned of the erosion of democracy in Hungary. In a letter to President Trump, he spoke of the “steady corrosion of fre...

 

Columns

Unexpected lessons we can learn from election coverage

Unexpected lessons we can learn from election coverage

Columnist Jim Slusher: The most important goal of election coverage, of course, is to help you understand the candidates and what they stand for. But as you follow the stories, you may be surprised at how much you are learning about our system and human nature itself.

 
Grift and graft: A White House simply for sale

Grift and graft: A White House simply for sale

Syndicated columnist Jeff Robbins:

 
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Japan’s historic new leader

Japan’s historic new leader

Sanae Takaichi made history last fall when she became the first female prime minister in the history of Japan. Her professional mentors have included the late, powerful f...

 

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