Elmhurst
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Changing jobs creates 401(k) decisionAug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Summer is often a time of transition. Many employees switch jobs during the summer and many often wonder: Should I let the money I've accumulated in my com...
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Oak Brook district still hasn't paid for plansAug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - A bill for more than $24,000 will remain unpaid in Oak Brook's Butler School District 53. For the second time, school board members this week postponed paying for archit...
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Lombard officials can't agree on library landAug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - Lombard library trustees had hoped to take the first step in a possible campaign to expand the 39,000-square-foot Helen M. Plum Library by striking an agreement with the...
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DuPage County hires two lobbying firmsAug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - DuPage County leaders hope a $280,000 investment will net millions in return. Board members Tuesday agreed to hire two lobbying firms to push for grants and favorable le...
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Are your toys safe?Aug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - At Zimmermann True Value Hardware Store in Buffalo Grove, manager Tom Brinkman on Tuesday used an instant test for lead on two Mattel toys, a plastic Diego doll and a ma...
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Village forbids BB guns in publicAug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - Bye-bye, BB guns. Air rifles and BB guns have been banned for public use in Villa Park due to concerns that they too closely resemble real guns. To illustrate what Villa...
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Housing values holdAug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - The number of homes and condominiums sold during the second quarter continued to slide in the Chicago region, especially in Lake and McHenry counties where sales plunged...
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ACT scores climb, but not college readinessAug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - Six years after Illinois required that all high school juniors take a college entrance exam, state ACT scores plateaued at last year's record high and more students grad...
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This group earned pink slips, not raisesAug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - Only a governor operating in left field and a legislature operating in the financial twilight zone could subject Illinois residents to such governmental ineptitude as we...
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School districts furious state won't issue approved grant moneyAug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - The superintendents of two DuPage County school districts are fuming over why they won't be able to access long-promised school construction dollars this year. A spendin...