Cook County
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Politics obvious in payroll tax cutJan 05, 2012 4:00 am - There was much hoopla after the payroll tax was extended, and both parties claimed victories. Over what? The facts, as far as I can, tell are as follows: About a year ag...
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Tea Party sticking to its principlesJan 05, 2012 4:00 am - With the freshmen representatives’ recent move to shoot down the payroll tax cut passed by the U.S. Senate over the initial objections of the regular Republican party an...
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Hanover Park girl’s gifts help Carpentersville familyJan 05, 2012 12:00 am - Thanks to Mariah Reeves of Hanover Park, the Saavedra family of Carpentersville had a Christmas they’ll remember for years. Mariah helped raise nearly $2,500 in gift car...
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Current Elgin employees exempt from new pension lawJan 04, 2012 11:00 pm - The City of Elgin has saved itself from having to make extra pension contributions for current employees that could have been possible based on a new state law. An amen...
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Schaumburg woman attacked by man with stun gunJan 04, 2012 11:00 pm - A 26-year-old Schaumburg woman was attacked at home early Wednesday morning by a man wielding a stun gun. Police said a man rang the woman’s doorbell on the 300 block of...
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Des Plaines offers tax incentives to lure businessesJan 04, 2012 11:00 pm - Des Plaines is trying to be more business-friendly by offering tax incentives to new businesses that improve vacant properties and relocate into town. The city council T...
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Elgin sues golf course caterer for back rentJan 04, 2012 11:00 pm - Porter's Pub at Elgin's Bowes Creek Golf Course is open for business, but the city is suing a company it initially contracted with to run the restaurant. The city seeks ...
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Washington lets his skills do the talkingJan 04, 2012 11:00 pm - After sitting down and talking to soft-spoken Khari Washington, you would be hard pressed to tell he’s an intense competitor for one of the country’s premier junior coll...
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Owner of building where 2 firefighters died jailedJan 04, 2012 11:00 pm - The owner of a vacant building where a collapsed roof crushed and killed two Chicago firefighters in 2010 was jailed Thursday after failing to pay bond on contempt charg...
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Jacobs’ Kirker, Grady make college choicesJan 04, 2012 11:00 pm - Two Jacobs High School senior female athletes recently made their college choices, and both have decided to stay close enough to home to allow their friends and families...