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  • Our View: Live within your means

    What’s happening now with the McHenry County Conservation District is exactly what should have happened with many other units of government when the h ...
    April 4, 2014 - 6:45 pm
  • Our View: Progress at YMCA looks like winner

    The Northwest Herald Editorial Board offers this week’s thumbs up and thumbs down:Thumbs up: To the ...
    April 4, 2014 - 6:29 pm
  • Our View: To help or not on interstate?

    The circumstances that surround the November death of a motorist on Interstate 88 in western Illinois are perplexing.
    April 3, 2014 - 5:26 pm
  • Our View: Be alert for meningitis

    According to the National Meningitis Association, about 800 to 1,200 Americans contract meningococcal disease each year.
    April 2, 2014 - 5:29 pm
  • Our View: Urging Franks to cast 'no' vote

    State Rep. Jack Franks has been a champion of taxpayers ever since he first was elected in 1998 to represent Illinois’ 63rd House District.
    April 1, 2014 - 5:17 pm
  • Our View: Make litter disappear

    On the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency’s website, visitors will find a cute children’s game called “Litter Hunt.”
    March 31, 2014 - 5:17 pm
  • Our view: Tax hike plan just another job killer

    Speaker Michael Madigan’s “millionaire tax” proposal passed out of the House Revenue Committee on Thursday, 6-4 across straight party lines, providing ...
    March 28, 2014 - 5:17 pm
  • Our View: Resolve differences at MCC

    The Northwest Herald Editorial Board offers this week’s thumbs up and thumbs down:Thumbs down: To th ...
    March 28, 2014 - 5:08 pm
  • Our View: Not so fast with more of our cash

    Metra is selling that it needs $9.9 billion for infrastructure improvements. Given years of mismanagement at the suburban railway agency, we’re not re ...
    March 28, 2014 - 11:10 am
  • Our view: Quinn's broken tax promise

    There were some glaring contradictions in Gov. Pat Quinn’s budget speech in Springfield on Wednesday.
    March 27, 2014 - 1:33 pm
  • Looking out for us

    To the Editor:I once worked for a large corporation that manufactured several types of large equipme ...
    April 4, 2014 - 6:45 pm
  • Tax more

    To the Editor:Revenue for federal and state public needs should be obtained through adequate fair, p ...
    April 4, 2014 - 6:42 pm
  • Money wasted

    To the Editor:When you come out of McDonald’s onto South Street, there is a right turn-only sign. I ...
    April 4, 2014 - 6:42 pm
  • Ill-conceived plan

    To the Editor:A recent decision by Democratic state Sen. Terry Link to table his totally inappropria ...
    April 4, 2014 - 6:42 pm
  • Diaper Bank moves

    To the Editor:Many thanks to all who helped the St. Paul Diaper Bank move diapers and shelving to ou ...
    April 4, 2014 - 6:29 pm
  • Road to socialism

    To the Editor:If the front page of my local paper doesn’t say we are on the verge of living in a soc ...
    April 4, 2014 - 6:29 pm
  • Need burial for GOP

    To the Editor:Only in the Republican wasteland called Illinois can a sitting Republican senator, in ...
    April 4, 2014 - 6:28 pm
  • Disturbed by Gasser

    To the Editor:A recent letter urged voters to know the candidates asking for their votes.The primary ...
    April 3, 2014 - 5:26 pm
  • Just the facts

    To the Editor:This is in response to Ray Cziczo’s recent letter to the editor (“Obama flaunts it,” M ...
    April 3, 2014 - 5:26 pm
  • Against banning raw milk

    To the Editor:This state has no right to tell me what I can or cannot consume.I have the right to co ...
    April 3, 2014 - 5:26 pm

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