Cook County
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College of DuPage's revised expansion plan meets oppositionMay 21, 2012 5:00 pm - College of DuPage's decision to scale back a planned expansion of its Glen Ellyn campus hasn't silenced all of the proposal's critics. A large group of neighbors are co...
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Driver in car surfing death gets six months in prisonMay 21, 2012 5:00 pm - A Schaumburg man who initially faced serious time for his part in a car surfing accident that killed his friend, has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge, a move that means...
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Inspect wording of pension amendmentMay 21, 2012 3:08 pm - This fall Illinois voters will have the opportunity to vote on a constitutional amendment that will make it harder for state and local governments to sweeten public empl...
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Constitutional rights not a voting matterMay 21, 2012 3:08 pm - Proving that the “new” South is not a whole lot different from the old, North Carolina became the last former Confederate state to approve a constitutional amendment tha...
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Voter ID only a small inconvenienceMay 21, 2012 3:08 pm - What I find “shameful and un-American” James Prescott (Fence Post, May 10) is your assumption that voter fraud is immaterial; that elections are unaffected by fraudulent...
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Praise for students’ anti-bullying stanceMay 21, 2012 1:15 pm - Students at Hoffman Estates High School appear to have more savvy than the adults in charge (“Hoffman H.S. questions T-shirts’ intent,” May 12 Daily Herald). Standing up...
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Domestic reserves could solve oil problemsMay 21, 2012 1:15 pm - I just found out that something called the “Green River Formation,” which is on mainly unoccupied government land in portions of Utah, Wyoming and Colorado, contains oil...
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Check the facts on that tax assertionMay 21, 2012 1:15 pm - This letter is in response to the last paragraph of the May 8 letter by George Blinick. Mr. Blinick states that “the mega rich pay a lesser percentage on their income th...
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Wheeling board takes up Philhaven tonightMay 21, 2012 12:00 pm - The Wheeling village board tonight will consider a proposal for Philhaven, a 50-unit building for low-income residents with mental or physical disabilities, which was th...
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Bolingbrook woman dies from injuries in crashMay 21, 2012 12:00 pm - Geneva police have released the name of the Bolingbrook woman killed in a crash early Sunday evening on Kirk Road at Division Street. Angela M. Tedesco, 48, was a passen...