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Seller provided false disclosure of permitsMar 24, 2019 6:00 am - Q. I'm buying an older home that was advertised as fully remodeled. The seller disclosed in writing that all work had been done with permits, but when my home inspector ...
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Bill needed to fix 'backward' property assessment processMar 24, 2019 1:00 am - If you are a Cook County taxpayer, you know the feeling: Every three years you receive a notice in the mail and hope your assessment has not increased dramatically from ...
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The court should steer away from the politics of gerrymanderingMar 24, 2019 1:00 am - If an adjective creates a redundancy, does preceding it with two other adjectives give the Supreme Court a reason to venture where it has never gone before? Come Tuesday...
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Rozner: Izzo reactions offers fine glimpseMar 24, 2019 1:00 am - There was a hockey coach, some decades ago, who used the hammer whenever he had to, never shy about sitting a player under the right circumstances. In particular, he wou...
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How to create more business buzzMar 24, 2019 1:00 am - Got your YouTube channel up and running yet? Maybe you should have. Maybe the rest of us should, too. Spreading the word through video messaging is not something many sm...
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The loss of a longtime partner often leads to long-term griefMar 23, 2019 7:00 am - Long marriages carry a special risk - very intense grief when one spouse dies. This especially true if it was a good and very close relationship. Maybe even more so if ...
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Board members need not be full-time residentsMar 23, 2019 6:00 am - Q. One of the board members of our association lives in another part of the state and seldom attends board meetings. Can we amend the declaration to require that a perso...
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Special assessment on vacant lot should be paidMar 23, 2019 6:00 am - Q. I have an empty lot in another state and pay the yearly property tax, but I stopped paying the assessment charges for sewers, etc., because I doubt, now that I'm 83, ...
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Not rich enough to bribe your child's way into college? Here's some help to appeal for more financial aidMar 23, 2019 1:00 am - In contrast to the reports that super-wealthy parents have paid six-figure bribes to get their children into the best universities, many families struggle to find the ca...
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Grammar Moses: Is the adverb an endangered species?Mar 23, 2019 1:00 am - It's a shame that David Harris quit the General Assembly in 2017, because the Arlington Heights Republican might have addressed legislatively a growing problem not just ...