Glendale Heights
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DuPage government buildings blacked outAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Power outages caused by Thursday night's thunderstorms today shut down the DuPage County government center, including the health department and courthouse. Officials sai...
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Update: 4 counties declared disaster areasAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Emergency state resources are now available to suburbs in Cook, Lake, Kane and McHenry counties to help repair damage caused by mass flooding and violent storms that pum...
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Imagining legislators on election stumpAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Imagine a current Illinois lawmaker, campaigning to run again, speaking to a large gathering of his constituency: "I come to you today with a heavy and humble heart in a...
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Navigating ins, outs of flood insuranceAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Standing in front of a waterline in your basement, flood damage may seem like an insurmountable problem. But Federal Emergency Management Agency officials say those who ...
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Is transit system running on empty?Aug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Two transit officials - one the former state treasurer - are challenging the purported size of Metra's budget shortfall as the agency pushes for a quarter-cent sales tax...
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RTA: Cuts, fare hikes imminentAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Metra, Pace and CTA officials drew a budget line in the sand Thursday. After pressing for nearly a year for tax hikes to fill a collective $240 million budget hole, tra...
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Governor declares 4-county disaster areaAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich today declared Cook, Lake, Kane and McHenry counties to be state disaster areas. The governor toured the floodwaters of the Des Plaines Riv...
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Projects facing the ax in state budgetAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Millions of dollars for everything from a Sicilian delegation's suburban visit to new police cars were stricken from the state budget Thursday by Gov. Rod...
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District 89 looking at new tax increaseAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Glen Ellyn Elementary District 89 officials are trying to pin down specifics on a possible tax rate increase next February. They are looking at borrowing money to replac...
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Briefs: Addison fest resumes todayAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Severe storms and high winds Thursday forced organizers to cancel the first day of Chicago's West Suburban Festa Italiana in Addison. Ron Onesti, whose company organizes...