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Chicago Tribune Opinion@chitribopinions · May 14

Did you know that we have an email newsletter? Each weekday the Tribune Opinion team is curating the day’s editorials and exclusive commentary. Subscribe below! trib.al/jJeJ2km

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Chicago Tribune Opinion@chitribopinions · 5 h

Editorial: Chicago’s Joffrey Ballet pirouettes to stability and growth trib.al/6DZxPJh

chitribopinions's tweet card. The combo of the Joffrey Ballet and the Lyric Opera are a win-win for Chicago.

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Chicago Tribune Opinion@chitribopinions · 12 h

Researchers: How do we help America’s national parks? Make global visitors pay more. trib.al/RHBjVh9

chitribopinions's tweet card. Making global visitors pay more to access our national parks is a smart strategy to sustain our most treasured public lands.

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Chicago Tribune Opinion@chitribopinions · 12 h

Laura Washington: Chicago mayoral wannabes are already edging to the gate trib.al/dskycPB

chitribopinions's tweet card. The potential Chicago mayoral race competition is getting itchy. My wild card: Lisa Madigan who might resume her political career.

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Chicago Tribune Opinion@chitribopinions · 13 h

Advocates: 20% of college students are parents. Here’s how we can do more to help them. trib.al/P5AtoGp

chitribopinions's tweet card. While 1 in 5 undergraduates are raising a child, higher education remains structured around the needs of students who aren’t parents.

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Chicago Tribune Opinion@chitribopinions · 14 h

Editorial: Texas is talking tax cuts. Illinois? More hikes. trib.al/e3ODw87

chitribopinions's tweet card. Here in Illinois, the best we’ve managed to do is form working groups to study our state’s property tax problem — which is among the worst in the country

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Chicago Tribune Opinion@chitribopinions · 14 h

Letters: Federal school choice program will harm public education trib.al/gImHAVj

chitribopinions's tweet card. This school choice measure means that even taxpayers who do not participate are in effect contributing to private and religious schools.

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Chicago Tribune Opinion@chitribopinions · 15 h

Editorial: Slots at Chicago O’Hare airport? A tacky choice. trib.al/Qg1rGoP

chitribopinions's tweet card. At minimum, the city should wait until its new casino opens and a clearer picture emerges of the current state of (legal) gambling in our metro area.

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Chicago Tribune Opinion@chitribopinions · Jul 22

Chris Spear: America’s truckers need a place to park — before it’s too late trib.al/myfWjTA

chitribopinions's tweet card. For every 11 truck drivers on the road today, there is one parking space. The shortage contributes to thousands of accidents.

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Chicago Tribune Opinion@chitribopinions · Jul 22

Sheldon H. Jacobson: Old-school manufacturing is gone and is not coming back trib.al/LOOvgRj

chitribopinions's tweet card. The idea to “save manufacturing” does not consider how much the economy has changed.

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Chicago Tribune Opinion@chitribopinions · Jul 22

Daniel DePetris: Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu don’t have the same goals trib.al/zw5qkM6

chitribopinions's tweet card. Donald Trump wants the war in Gaza solved, but the possibility of a ceasefire deal has moved only a few inches toward the finish line.

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Chicago Tribune Opinion@chitribopinions · Jul 22

Editorial: A new CTA day for Edgewater and Uptown. But what about Broadway? trib.al/8cH1Z93

chitribopinions's tweet card. “This is Berwyn,” insisted the voice of the CTA as our train pulled into the new Argyle station on the CTA’s Red Line Monday afternoon. Teething troubles, surely forgivable, for t…

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Chicago Tribune Opinion@chitribopinions · Jul 22

Letters: The public reaction to the couple caught by the Coldplay ‘kiss cam’ is about values trib.al/s5Ezokh

chitribopinions's tweet card. The backlash is not about sensationalism; it reflects growing public demands for ethical behavior from corporate leaders.

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Chicago Tribune Opinion@chitribopinions · Jul 22

Editorial: Cook County Democrats got it right by staying neutral trib.al/Db8Erh8

chitribopinions's tweet card. Illinois voters deserve a Democratic primary without heavy‑handed meddling, and Cook County Democrats made the right call by staying neutral.

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Scott Stantis@ScottStantis · Jul 19

Privacy doesn't exist. Read the @chitribopinions editorial at bit.ly/40rYGLz @chicagotribune #PrivacyMatters #public #socialmedia

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Chicago Tribune Opinion@chitribopinions · Jul 21

Editorial: Stephen Colbert roasted bosses and took risks. Bravo. trib.al/iFIDvFK

chitribopinions's tweet card. Stephen Colbert had a great late-nite run. He’ll have more to say.

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Chicago Tribune Opinion@chitribopinions · Jul 21

Letters: Crackdown on immigrants exposes our hypocrisy trib.al/crHjG2f

chitribopinions's tweet card. They are here illegally, so that makes them a criminal? And so, we deport them all, viciously and violently.

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Chicago Tribune Opinion@chitribopinions · Jul 21

Timothy J. Cavanagh: Illinois toxic tort law would prevent out-of-state companies from evading accountability trib.al/QYRdsUW

chitribopinions's tweet card. Gov. JB Pritzker should sign a bill that permits a person filing a case in an Illinois court to include out-of-state companies as defendants.

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Chicago Tribune Opinion@chitribopinions · Jul 21

Andy Shaw: Why neophyte mayors need steady hands on the wheel trib.al/Nl2AmRG

chitribopinions's tweet card. Brandon Johnson’s rocky two years as Chicago mayor are a cautionary tale for Zohran Mamdani.

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Chicago Tribune Opinion@chitribopinions · Jul 21

Editorial: Chicago’s steakhouses sear through the city’s restaurant crisis trib.al/zWG8xnF

chitribopinions's tweet card. Now if only Chicago would work harder to create a more favorable business environment at this sensitive time for the industry.

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Chicago Tribune Opinion@chitribopinions · Jul 21

Public health officials: Ending the HIV epidemic is in sight. We can’t stop now. trib.al/TsX2Y1G

chitribopinions's tweet card. Chicago, Cook County and Illinois are on the cusp of ending the HIV epidemic in our city, county and state. But that progress is fragile.

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