Cook County
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City approves casino liquor licensesJul 08, 2011 12:00 am - The Des Plaines City Council recently approved six liquor licenses for the new Rivers Casino that are expected to generate $72,000 for the city this year alone. The city...
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Stop borrowing; start raising taxesJul 08, 2011 12:00 am - The media is currently filled with stories on our national debt situation. The Republican leadership in both houses of Congress has clearly taken any increase in revenue...
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Former gymnastics coach gets probation for child pornJul 08, 2011 12:00 am - A former gymnastics coach was sentenced to 30 months probation Friday and ordered to undergo specialized sex offender treatment after being convicted last fall of posses...
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Oakton president named to Hall of FameJul 08, 2011 12:00 am - Ÿ Oakton Community College President Margaret B. Lee was inducted into the Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference Hall of Fame during a ceremony Thursday, June 9, at the ...
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River Road reconstruction completeJul 08, 2011 12:00 am - Work on the reconstruction of Des Plaines River Road from Higgins Road to Touhy Avenue wrapped up July 1 ahead of the much-anticipated grand opening of the Rivers Casino...
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There are ways to keep best teachersJul 08, 2011 12:00 am - “Pay for education now or pay for it with public assistance and prisons tomorrow. The first choice seems infinitely better.” I do not know who said these words, but I d...
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Don’t extend tax deal to SearsJul 08, 2011 12:00 am - Today, I read in the Daily Herald that the state is in discussions with Sears attempting to keep them at their Hoffman Estates campus. I have lived in the same house in ...
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Second Amendment has leaders in checkJul 08, 2011 12:00 am - In the June 26 Fence Post letter, “Selling guns to cartels is bad policy,” the writer noted that this was an idiotic ATF policy and asked why President Obama would allow...
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Illness cancels Katy Perry's Rosemont showJul 08, 2011 12:00 am - One (in)famously locked lips with Madonna and Christina Aguilera on the MTV Video Music Awards. The other famously sang about kissing a girl. One is already a scandal-...
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Moylan, Quinn talk gambling planJul 07, 2011 12:00 am - Des Plaines Mayor Marty Moylan and the mayors of seven other riverboat casino towns recently met with Gov. Pat Quinn to discuss the merits of the state’s massive gamblin...