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Daily Herald opinion: Fumbled rollout: Inclusion of controversial flyer overshadows redesign of county’s tax bill

Daily Herald opinion: Fumbled rollout: Inclusion of controversial flyer overshadows redesign of county’s tax bill

Daily Herald opinion: Anything officials can do to help explain them to everyday people is a step in the right direction. It's what Kane County Treasurer Christopher J. Lauzen added beyond simply explaining the system that has led to concerns.

 
Daily Herald opinion: Be kind: In a season of reflection, our message for the Class of 2026

Daily Herald opinion: Be kind: In a season of reflection, our message for the Class of 2026

EDITOR’S NOTE: As suburban schools enter the season of graduations, we were reminded of our reflections from June 8, 2014 on this important time in students’ lives. I...

 
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Daily Herald opinion: Protecting unstructured play: The role of recess is vital for suburban schools

Daily Herald opinion: Protecting unstructured play: The role of recess is vital for suburban schools

Daily Herald Opinion: Updated guidelines from the Itasca-based American Academy of Pediatrics reinforce the importance of recess, a break Illinois rightly protects through the fifth-grade in public schools.

 

Letters to the Editor

Burdensome oversight can interfere with care

As Illinois lawmakers continue debating health care cost and access reforms, a quieter burden on family caregivers deserves attention. Recently in Libertyville, I spoke w...

 

Highway crackdowns

I commend Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart for his crackdown on the “dangerous morons” who use the shoulder as their own personal lane on the highway. I would like to see sim...

 
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Don’t consider ending cultural center lease

I am alarmed to hear talk about not extending the lease for the Indian Trickster Cultural Center in Schaumburg and instead putting in a Schaumburg Historical Museum. Scha...

 

Columns

When business enters the beltway, it’s business as usual

When business enters the beltway, it’s business as usual

Syndicated columnist Veronique de Rugy:

 
What if AI stood for Actual Intelligence?

What if AI stood for Actual Intelligence?

Guest columnist Tom Montgomery Fate: I’m a 60-something writer and teacher who sometimes uses Chat GPT and other AI apps. But, in the tradition of Thoreau and Mary Oliver and others, I also still like to walk through the woods with a pencil and journal, observing and taking notes..

 
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Digging to China

Digging to China

Syndicated columnist Marc Munroe Dion:

 

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