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Daily Herald opinion: A defining experience: In response to family’s crisis, Mount Prospect shows what community is all about

Daily Herald opinion: A defining experience: In response to family’s crisis, Mount Prospect shows what community is all about

Daily Herald opinion: Mount Prospect residents have come together to show care and compassion as they rallied behind 13-year-old Presley Grimpe, who lost both her legs to sepsis.

 
Daily Herald opinion: ‘Sour grapes’ aren’t the issue: Whatever the result of clerk’s pay-raise suit, DuPage board failed a transparency test

Daily Herald opinion: ‘Sour grapes’ aren’t the issue: Whatever the result of clerk’s pay-raise suit, DuPage board failed a transparency test

DuPage County Board member Jim Zay has a valid point when he questions the motives behind a county clerk’s complaint challenging pay raises the board voted itself and oth...

 
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Daily Herald opinion: Another strike against homelessness: State grant to Elgin project emphasizes public-private efforts under way throughout the suburbs

Daily Herald opinion: Another strike against homelessness: State grant to Elgin project emphasizes public-private efforts under way throughout the suburbs

Daily Herald opinion: The infusion of $400,000 for Elgin’s Unsheltered Pilot Project won’t solve the crisis by itself, but it does emphasize the public and private cooperation that is going on throughout our communities to manage it.

 

Letters to the Editor

Fight age bias

The July 6 letter by Barbara Bodnarchuk was correct. The last state besides Illinois that had the driver test based on age had to remove the law after being sued. They st...

 

Thank you, Arlington Heights!

The Arlington Heights Garden Club board of directors would like to thank the sponsors, vendors, volunteers, community partners, the garden hosts who graciously shared the...

 
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Birthright facts

On Monday, Glen Taras claimed the Daily Herald showed bias and TDS relating to the reporting on birthright citizenship. His claim that most countries don’t have this citi...

 

Columns

Almost by accident: How newspaper stories often teach more than we expect

Almost by accident: How newspaper stories often teach more than we expect

I think that from time to time, it is instructive to summon my inner Sydney J. Harris (“Things I learned on the way to looking up something else”) and point out how much ...

 
America's momentous birthday

America's momentous birthday

Syndicated columnist Jessica A. Johnson: I consider it an incredible blessing to have witnessed two of America's great milestone birthdays: the 200th celebration in 1976, when I was a rising second grader, and now the 250th anniversary as an older, seasoned adult.

 
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What the racetrack taught me about life’s big bets

What the racetrack taught me about life’s big bets

Syndicated columnist Keith Raffel: Half a lifetime ago, I supported myself betting on the horses. I've moved on, that's for sure, but the lessons I learned watching those equine athletes stick with me.

 

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