Cook County
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Carpentersville passes law curbing solicitingOct 19, 2011 5:45 am - Starting Oct. 28 in Carpentersville, regulations will kick in for those who leave handbills on public property or on private property that contains “no soliciting” or ot...
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District 300 community plans protest in SpringfieldOct 19, 2011 5:45 am - Community Unit District 300 will take its opposition to the proposed extension of tax breaks for Hoffman Estates-based Sears Holdings Corp. straight to lawmakers in the ...
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Is Chicago targeting the 'burbs with its fee hikes?Oct 19, 2011 5:45 am - First there was the Illinois Tollway Authority with a decision to nearly double tolls. Then came word that Metra wants to increase fares roughly 25 percent throughout it...
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Trade deals will promote job growthOct 19, 2011 5:00 am - Despite the clear economic benefits of trade, almost every story about the recent agreements with Panama, South Korea and Colombia included at least one hard-core oppone...
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Halt Sears tax breakOct 19, 2011 5:00 am - There are more than 21,000 children in District 300, and for the last 23 years they have been figuratively told to sit quietly at the back of the bus while their educati...
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‘Do Not Call’ should apply to censusOct 19, 2011 5:00 am - I am receiving unwanted phone calls from a location in Jeffersonville, Ind., and from (888) 419-7586. When they do tell you who they are, they say they are the U.S. Cens...
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U-46 insider supports D300 fightOct 19, 2011 5:00 am - As a parent with two kids in the U-46 school system, a two-time candidate for the U-46 board of education and a former vice chairman of the U-46 Citizens Advisory Counci...
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Blame Congress for housing woesOct 19, 2011 5:00 am - Richard Franke’s Oct. 1 letter on the housing crisis was right on, and something the press has ignored. Fannie Mae was the main cause of this housing-economic depression...
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GOP tax holiday is foolhardyOct 19, 2011 5:00 am - The latest idea by the GOP is to give multinational corporation a tax holiday so they can repatriate profits earned overseas like former President Bush got through Congr...
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Dawn Patrol: Quick hits as you head out the doorOct 19, 2011 5:00 am - Call Schaumburg baseball team the prairie chickens, a k a Boomers The general manager for Schaumburg's new professional baseball team announced yesterday the team ...