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Daily Herald opinion: A serious strategy against urban crime would involve collaboration, planning

Daily Herald opinion: A serious strategy against urban crime would involve collaboration, planning

Daily Herald opinion: If concern about law and order were the real issue, President Trump’s proposal to send National Guard troops to Chicago could become a serious idea only if two currently missing components were involved.

 
Daily Herald opinion: The dark vocabulary of public transit: RTA fund transfer is indication of what lies ahead if lawmakers don’t act

Daily Herald opinion: The dark vocabulary of public transit: RTA fund transfer is indication of what lies ahead if lawmakers don’t act

Daily Herald opinion: The RTA’s decision to transfer $73 million from Pace and Metra’s budgets to stave off a potential crisis at the CTA demonstrates the critical decision facing the Illinois legislature this fall.

 
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Daily Herald opinion: Fighting fire with fire: Redistricting free-for-all portends disaster for American democracy

Daily Herald opinion: Fighting fire with fire: Redistricting free-for-all portends disaster for American democracy

Daily Herald opinion: Partisan gerrymandering of congressional districts by both parties threatens to disenfranchise voters nationwide. The resulting firefight risks burning democracy down unless lawmakers establish national standards limiting partisan map manipulation.

 

Letters to the Editor

Agreement is good deal for Mundelein

The Editorial Board’s opinion on the proposed Ivanhoe Village development echoes the narrative of local school boards and a few state reps. Instead of raising false alarm...

 

No apology necessary

So, Ms. Steigleder was “extremely offended” by the cartoon in a recent edition of the Daily Herald depicting Trump in Putin's hand. When Putin invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24...

 
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What actions are saying about us

My power went out last Saturday due to the storm. Trying to sleep in the 90 degree heat and high humidity was nearly impossible. The next night when my power went on and ...

 

Columns

The true courage in ‘telling it like it is’

The true courage in ‘telling it like it is’

Columnist Jim Slusher: There is a lot to unpack in Gov. JB Pritzker’s appeal to news media to “tell it like it is” and not “pretend there are two sides” to the story of a possible National Guard deployment to Chicago.

 
Lawmakers should act to reform utility rate system

Lawmakers should act to reform utility rate system

Guest columnist Emmanuel Thomas: The biggest driver of rising energy bills is ComEd's delivery charges, not the cost of electricity, as the utility claims; lawmakers must reform utility ratemaking to rein in ComEd's out-of-control spending

 
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How did a migrant who can’t speak English get license to drive a big rig?

How did a migrant who can’t speak English get license to drive a big rig?

Syndicated columnist Debra J. Saunders:

 

Cartoons

Today’s editorial cartoon
 
Today’s editorial cartoon
 
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